sexual assault

The Systemic Sexual Violence Hidden in Plain Sight During America’s Slave Trade

Kali Gross on Slave Owners' Sadism, the Moral Connotations of Skin Colors to Europeans, and Legalized Assault

 
By Kali Gross  October 4, 2024
On Grief

Facing That Which Haunts You: Ethel Rohan on Writing About Grief

By Ethel Rohan  April 18, 2024
Queer Literature

More Than “Friendless” or “Fallen…” Giving Voice to the Women Who Misbehaved in History

By Kelly E. Hill  April 12, 2024
Trauma

Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

By Chris Cander  February 2, 2024
Sexual Assault

You Too? Kim DeRose on Telling and Retelling Stories of Sexual Assault

By Kim DeRose  September 28, 2023
Behind the novel

At the Heart of My Novel Was The Story I Could Never Write

By Daisy Alpert Florin  May 19, 2023
Trauma

“There is Harm In Not Talking About It.” On the Power of Sharing Trauma Narratives

By Lynne Reeves Griffin and Michelle Bowdler  January 19, 2023
On Translation

Trauma Spoken and Unspoken: How Francophone Women Writers Tackle Sexual Violence

By Dr. Dominique Carlini-Versini  September 2, 2022
Sexual Assault

On Assault, Memoir, Justice, and Time: A Conversation with Stephen Mills and Lacy Crawford

By Literary Hub  May 16, 2022
The Hub

Oklahoma public library’s sexual content ban also cuts abuse prevention program and Pride displays.

By Eliza Smith  April 20, 2022
Sexual Assault

The Impossible, Crucial Task of Teaching About Rape as a Survivor

By Emily Van Duyne  April 18, 2022
Police

Why So Many Survivors Choose Not to Report Sexual Assault to the Police

By Alexandra Brodsky  August 24, 2021
Trauma

The Challenge of Fictionalizing Sexual Assault

By Alena Dillon  April 22, 2021
Politics

When Fiction Bears Witness to a Crime Against Humanity

By Kim Echlin  March 1, 2021
Sexual Assault

When Your Memoir Has the Word ‘Rape’ in the Title

By Michelle Bowdler  November 16, 2020
Rape Culture

Underinvestigated, Trivialized, Excused: On a US System That Treats Rape as Something Less Than a Crime

By Michelle Bowdler  July 28, 2020
Celebrity

The Dangerous and Untold Story of Paparazzi Work

By Vanessa Diaz  July 24, 2020
The Hub

The Supreme Court won’t hear Jon Krakauer’s case over records from the University of Montana.

By Corinne Segal  February 25, 2020
Politics

How Did Louis C.K. Get Away With It For So Long?

By Deborah Frances-White  February 13, 2020
Politics

Dahlia Lithwick and Moira Donegan: What Happens When Women
Tell the Truth

By Literary Hub  February 4, 2020
Women's Health

Tales of Medical Gaslighting: Chronic Pain, Sexism, and More

By Caren Beilin  November 8, 2019
Sexual Assault

Unsubstantiated: An Essay of Sexual Violence

By Susan Straight  October 24, 2019
Feminism

Why Give a Rapist a Voice?

By Jeannie Vanasco  October 1, 2019
Feminism

What Would All Right Feel Like? Honor Moore Tells
Her Story

By Honor Moore  September 9, 2019
News and Culture

Jim DeRogatis: Consuming the Art of a Predator is Always a Moral Choice

By Jim DeRogatis  June 12, 2019
New in Nonfiction

The Case Against R. Kelly is
a Case Against Us

By Treva Lindsey  June 6, 2019
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