Can I be friends with my rapist?
This is a post I've been meaning to write for a while.
Cards Against Humanity Creator Faces Sexual Assault Accusations
The nerdier quarters of the Internet are in an uproar today, as Cards Against Humanity co-creator Max Temkin has been accused of a years-old sexual assault.
Students: Silicon Valley's Farm System Is Steeped in "Rape Culture"
After Stanford University officials condemned sexist emails sent by Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel during his time at school, Stanford students who have long protested the university's weak policies on sexual violence are making a more aggressive push to reform "the Rape Culture here at Stanford," as one current student…
High School Teacher Targeted in Gross Upskirt Photo Competition
Six students have been expelled and six more suspended after administrators at a Bay area Catholic high school discovered the boys had been taking upskirt photos and videos of their teachers. The photos were part of a long-running "competition" between boys at the all-male Junipero Serra High School in San Mateo,…
High School Student's "Rape Culture" Piece Kicked out of Art Showcase
Another day, another high school snuffing out the voice of America's youth. Gracie Holtzclaw, a high school senior from South Carolina was given a spot at a county-wide school arts exhibition, but two days before the event, she was informed that the piece she submitted was deemed unsuitable.
Lucky Bastard Syndrome
Researchers found that a little under half of all college aged men have had "unwanted sexual contact" and that the perpetrators were overwhelmingly female. The abstract is amazingly clear on this:
Gross YouTube Comic Films 'Air Sex' With Women Without Their Consent
An Internet comic in France has sparked outrage with a video called "Free Sex," in which he films himself simulating sex acts with women without their knowledge.
Mariska Hargitay and Her SVU Colleagues Fight Rape Myths
If Law and Order: SVU has done one thing right, it's unleashing the Hargitay. We already knew the actress was making a documentary about the rape-kit backlog; now she's also teamed up with Amy Poehler, her SVU colleagues and other celebs to fight myths about sexual assault and domestic abuse.
What RAINN's Recommendations On Campus Rape Get Wrong (And Right)
Two weeks ago, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) published a list of recommendations for the White House task force on campus rape. In a press release announcing their effort, RAINN stated that it "urged the [White House] task force to remain focused on the true cause of the problem," calling the…
Watch a Judge Stop This Rap Battle After MC Threatens to Rape a Woman
A BBC radio presenter stopped a rap battle in London when a rapper referenced rape against his female opponent.
Dude, "Mouth Raper" Is Not What You Should Call Your Beer
"Mouth Raper" beer might be the worst name for a product since Ayds Diet Candy (YES THAT WAS A REAL THING)*.
Judge Rules That 'No' Means 'Yes'
Last week, a Swedish judge ruled that a man who proceeded to have sexual intercourse with a woman who was screaming "NO" so loudly that she went hoarse was not guilty of rape. People were understandably upset. And so, today, the judge wrote an op-ed clarifying that what he MEANT was that rape really depends on whether…
TMZ Has Moved On to Reporting Dog Rape
In what is perhaps the epitome of slow-news-day journalism, TMZ posted a picture of Amanda Seyfried's dog mounting another dog and then reported it as a "rape." Your move, SVU producers.
Police Have Great Advice on How Not to Get Raped This Christmas
It's the holiday season, which means it's time to light the menorah tree on fire, throw dreidels at the Kwanzaa cake, and very nicely ask Santa to bring you a nice new Jesus for Saturnalia. If you're in the UK, it means something else, too: the annual deluge of unhelpful holiday anti-rape ads.
Boom: Four Steubenville School Officials Indicted in Teen Rape Case
This morning, Ohio's Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine announced the findings of a grand jury investigation into the roles Steubenville school officials played in covering up the town's now-infamous sexual assault of a girl by football players a year ago in August. Among those charged? The school's…
'If You Can't Prevent Rape, You Enjoy It' Says India's Moronic Top Cop
Citizens of India are rightfully furious after Central Bureau of Investigation head Ranjit Sinha said just about the worst thing I've ever heard a public official say about rape. And trust me, I know: part of my job is to write about awful things people say about rape!
Romeo Rose Is Throwing a Racist, Pro-Rape Tantrum on Twitter Right Now
Ugh, I'm so conflicted about whether or not to pay attention to Romeo Rose. Like, dude's obviously got major probs and it's tough to justify piling on the the bewildered, but then he'll drop a 20-minute tirade about how interracial dating is literally bestial gorilla-sex and I couldn't give a fuck about his feelings…
Police Told New Zealand Gang Rape Victim She Was Asking For It
New Zealanders are outraged over the continued unprosecuted existence of West Auckland's Roast Busters, a selective club for privileged male teens with the world's most disgusting raison d'être — to pick up teen girls, get them drunk, gang rape them, and brag about it on social media.
New Zealand Teen Rape Club Is The Worst Thing You'll Read About Today
For the last two years or so, a group of West Auckland teen boys calling themselves the "Roast Busters" have gotten their jollies picking up sometimes-underage girls, feeding them alcohol, and then, once they're too intoxicated to fend off their advances, gang raping them.
'Rape Culture' Is Just Drunk College Sluts Lying, Says Major Magazine
Hey gals, gather around for some Real Talk: did you know that America's college rape epidemic is all in our jungle juice-addled slutty imaginations? At least, according to a column posted by US News & World Report, it is.
