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Three Weeks in January: End Rape in Los Angeles

Three Weeks in January: End Rape in Los Angeles

| January 26, 2012

Artist Suzanne Lacy has recreated aspects of her landmark performance art piece, “Three Weeks in May,” with an installation that focuses on Los Angeles today, decades into the anti-rape movement, and features a candlelight ceremony on January 27. More »

U.S. Redefines Rape, Updating an 80-Year-Old Characterization of the Crime

U.S. Redefines Rape, Updating an 80-Year-Old Characterization of the Crime

| January 10, 2012

The new definition, a major step forward in providing justice and tracking the crime, came after advocates launched a viral "rape is rape" campaign. More »

Finally! FBI’s “Forcible Rape” Definition Is Officially History

| January 9, 2012

Sexual Politics at Penn State—An Inside Look

Sexual Politics at Penn State—An Inside Look

| January 6, 2012

The author, professor emerita of Penn State University, describes the culture that produced the recent scandal—and suggests a path to a needed focus on the victims of such abuse. More »

A Spotlight on Journalistic Voice and Sexual Violence

| November 7, 2011

The DSK Case: Gender, Race, Class and Politics

The DSK Case: Gender, Race, Class and Politics

| July 11, 2011

Legal commentator Debbie Hines, formerly a prosecutor in cases of rape and sexual assault, calls on District Attorney Cyrus Vance to continue to pursue the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn despite any difficulties. More »

Media Exposes Gadhafi Regime's use of Viagra To Encourage Rape

| June 9, 2011

Newsbrief: First Female Executive Editor at New York Times, Egyptians Protest “virginity tests.”

| June 2, 2011

Newsbrief: The Media’s Groping Problem and the IMF: Violating Women Since 1945

| May 24, 2011

When Bad News is Good News—Notes of a Feminist News Junkie

When Bad News is Good News—Notes of a Feminist News Junkie

| May 23, 2011

WMC Cofounder Robin Morgan on surrealism and sexual predators. More »