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power Apr. 13, 2022

Cuba Gooding Jr. Pleads Guilty to One Count of Forcible TouchingHe pleaded guilty to one count against him.

By Olivia Truffaut-Wong

power Feb. 23, 2021

Britney Spears Was Never in ControlWhy did I ever believe a teen girl could hold all the power?

By Tavi Gevinson

culture Aug. 24, 2020

In the End, There’s ArabellaI May Destroy You is revolutionary for never losing sight of its main character.

By Beatrice Kilat

culture July 2, 2020

Who Is Destroying Whom?In I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel examines the layers of power and privilege that are always at play when a person is assaulted.

By Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz

health Feb. 17, 2020

Hospitals Might Not Get Consent to Give Unconscious Patients Pelvic ExamsSome teaching hospitals ask permission before performing invasive gynecological exams on anesthetized patients. Others apparently don’t.

By Claire Lampen

harvey weinstein Feb. 7, 2020

Weinstein Once Said He ‘Sometimes’ Didn’t Know When Sex Was ConsensualIn the 1990s, Weinstein allegedly admitted that sexual encounters could be “confusing for [him], too.”

By Amanda Arnold

politics Apr. 5, 2019

Oh, Good, Joe Biden Is Already Ready to Joke About ThisEight women have now come forward and said he made them uncomfortable, and he’s taking it just as seriously as you’d expect.

By Lisa Ryan

#metoo Oct. 5, 2018

5 Women on Being Sexually Assaulted in the Year After #MeTooHas anything changed?

By Anna Silman

how to raise a boy Mar. 9, 2018

Porn, Condoms, and Consent: Talking to Boys About Sex“Sometimes my friends are like ‘DO IT! She wants it!’ And I’m like … does she really want it? Or are you just saying that?”

By the Cut

title ix Dec. 15, 2017

Inside a Training Course for Campus Sexual Assault OfficersAt a Sheraton in Philadelphia, 500 college employees learn what qualifies as rape.

By Vanessa Grigoriadis

hindsight Nov. 16, 2017

5 Women Look Back on Sex With Men in ChargeEncounters with bosses, mentors, and senior colleagues feel different in a post-Weinstein world.

By Caitlin Moscatello

feminisms now Aug. 25, 2017

Vanessa Grigoriadis on the Sexual-Assault Generation Gap Ann Friedman talks to Vanessa Grigoriadis about her new book, and what has (and hasn’t) changed for college women.

By Ann Friedman

May 15, 2017

A Wisconsin Lawmaker Is Trying to Get ‘Stealthing’ Classified As Sexual Assault“This behavior is predatory and disturbing.”

By Lisa Ryan

rape culture Aug. 27, 2016

Nate Parker’s Bombshell Interview About Consent, Rape Culture, Male Privilege“To be honest, my privilege as a male, I never thought about it.”

By Jenni Miller

rape culture July 14, 2016

Amy Schumer Opens Up About Losing Her Virginity Without Consent She reveals in Marie Claire.

By Anna Silman

cut cover story June 26, 2016

Stoya Speaks Out on James Deen, Consent, and Fixing the Porn IndustryShe’s decided that the only way to change porn is to keep making it.

By Lizzy Goodman

sex workers rights June 9, 2016

Tech Journalist Allegedly Catfished Multiple Women Into Having Sex With HimHe hasn’t been arrested.

By Catie L'Heureux

Feb. 20, 2016

Amber Rose Patiently Explains Consent to MenNo means no, even if you’re naked.

By Kat Ward

sex on campus Oct. 21, 2015

26 College Students on What They Took As ‘Yes’ for SexAn informal poll of current college students on consent.

By Katy Schneider

sex on campus Oct. 20, 2015

Sally Quinn on When ‘No’ Didn’t Mean ‘No’Sally Quinn on what it used to be like at Smith.

By Sally Quinn As told to Lisa Miller

it’s science Oct. 19, 2015

Law and Order Viewers Are Better at Understanding ConsentA new study found a correlation between watching Law and Order and decreased rape myth acceptance.

By Jessica Roy

sex ed Sept. 2, 2015

Justin Bieber’s New Song: One Small Step for Mankind?It’s progress from “Blurred Lines.”

By Dayna Evans

consent Aug. 26, 2015

Misguided Columbia Consent Campaign Decidedly Not ‘Bae’Outrage school is back in session.

By Jessica Roy

consent Oct. 22, 2014

We Started the Crusade for Affirmative Consent Way Back in the ’90sWhen the Womyn of Antioch introduced the concept we were mocked on Saturday Night Live. What changed for Columbia’s Mattress Girl?

By Bethany Saltman

rape culture Oct. 6, 2014