Take Back the Night

Sexual Assault Awareness: Not Just a Month

Ethan Miller | Posted 04.05.2012

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Ethan Miller

How do we end rape culture? We have to make sure these messages of change reach everyone within our campus communities, not just feminist activists and allies.

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Topless Women at SlutWalk Demand Respect: Is This the Right Tactic?

Leora Tanenbaum | Posted 12.05.2011

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Leora Tanenbaum

For at least a decade, women angry about the sexual double standard have tried to wrest control of the "slut" label. Is the time ripe to appropriate "slut"? Forgive me, sisters: I don't think so.

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You Have to Start Somewhere

Hannah Weintraub | Posted 12.04.2011

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Hannah Weintraub

I started thinking about feminism when I was about 12 years old. I can unfurl the long list of feminist priorities (abortion rights, equal pay, adequate rape laws), but I have also seen for myself how real sexism is.

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Who Investigates the Investigators?

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Misogyny, Jezebel, Greek System, Take Back the Night, College, Rape, Kappa Sigma, Usc, Fraternity, Email, Usc Kappa Sigma, College News
Carol Muske-Dukes

The goals of women's rights and the furthering of the Greek system -- fraternities on campus -- remain at odds.

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A History of Violence: Not Huguely, But the University of Virginia

Liz Seccuro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lacrosse, Sexual Violence, Rape, Uva Lacrosse Murder, Dating Violence, Morgan Harrington, Yeardley Love, George Huguely, Charlottesville, University of Virginia, Sexual Assault, Take-Back-the-Night, Uva, College News
Liz Seccuro

The recent killing of lacrosse player Yeardley Love is a tragic chapter for my alma mater. Issues of dating violence, murder, sexual assault and stalking have long haunted the University of Virginia.

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