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by Jamila Mitchell This essay contains discussion of r/pe and sexual violence against minors. We need to talk about gay white men and how they get away with the rape and sexual violation of Black folks without society holding them accountable.   Kevin Spacey, the actor recently charged with the sexual assault of a then-under […]

On Wednesday, Pope Francis summoned bishops to the Vatican City for an emergency meeting to address the worldwide clerical sexual abuse and coverups of the Catholic Church. The meeting comes on the heels of the bombshell Philadelphia investigation uncovering more than 300 clergy members accused by about 1,000 victims.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, CBS CEO Leslie Moonves is the latest and most powerful media personality or executive to resign over sexual allegations. However, he will continue working as an advisor to the media network for a “smooth transition.”

Time Magazine recently named “The Silence Breakers” its Person of the Year, a nod to how sexual assault, rape or sexual harassment victims have taken back their power and their voices from a system and a society that shuns them when they come forward with their accounts of sexual violence. Included in this list is […]

People out to avoid the merits of certain claims often state some version of “only God can judge me.” The statement is expected to pause the progression of criticism and, with hope, allow certain allegations to fade. In the world of entertainment mogul and entrepreneur Russell Simmons, an analogous response about his generalized goodness was […]

by Tabias Olajuawon This essay contains discussion of racialized sexual violence and anti-Black fetishism “You are not to touch other flesh without a police permit. The State wants to seize your bed And sleep with you… The message is clear: your penis.. your anus, your orgasm, these belong to the state. The erogenous zones are […]

Content Warning: racialized sexual violence, Jeffrey Dahmer, dismemberment, necrophilia, cannibalism, hebephilia  This is perhaps the most gruesome thing I have ever written, and I ask you to bear with me. It’s an extension of my discussion of erotic race play, which I assure you, I had not intended to return to so soon. In my […]

As nationwide discourse continues about sexual harassment, sexual violence and exploitative gender dynamics, Lupita Nyong’o bravely added her voice to the more than 50 women who have named Harvey Weinstein for his allegedly predatory actions toward them. In a graceful and unsettling op-ed for the New York Times, Nyong’o wrote, “I have not been able […]

By Tayler J. Mathews Illustration by Jaid Mathews   “We pledge ourselves to continue to speak out in defense of one another, in defense of the African American community and against those who are hostile to social justice no matter what color they are. No one will speak for us but ourselves.” —African American Women […]

You may not be aware that police officers across the country are currently able to have sexual contact with sex workers before arresting them. Don’t worry, you aren’t alone if you weren’t privy. Apparently 90 percent of people in Alaska didn’t know either. Which makes it all the more shocking that police in the northern-most […]

John R.K. Howard and two other classmates were initially charged with sodomizing a disabled, Black teammate with a clothes hanger in 2015 in the small village of Dietrich, Idaho. The sexual assault charge against Howard was later dropped and he entered an “Alford plea,” meaning he maintained his innocence but concluded that the jury would […]

Many powerful reactions were ignited when details arose about Nate Parker’s rape trial and the actions he took to try and distance himself from it. While many people chose a side on whether or not they’d be seeing his upcoming film, we’d yet to have heard from the many who took part in making it. […]