Tara Culp-Ressler writes for ThinkProgress: “For the first time in the past seven years, the federal government has issued specific guidelines for the way that health professionals, law enforcement officers, and prosecutors should respond to sexual assau…
Joe Weisenthal writes for Business Insider: “It’s been a very bad week for the austerity movement. Austerity has been discredited as a path to economic prosperity for awhile. But a real breakthrough came last week, when a paper written by a graduate stud…
Peggy Orenstein writes for The Atlantic: “New examples of the sexualization of girlhood crop up all the time. Of course there are the dolls that look like Sesame Streetwalkers—Monster High, Winx Club, Bratz; the makeup lines for third-graders; the padded…
PressConnects.com published this piece by the Associated Press: “The Republican leader of New York state’s Senate said Tuesday that he will block any abortion proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whether it’s to allow later-term abortions or protect current…
Laura Beck writes for Jezebel: “When the assault happened in Forest Hills Central High School’s soundproof band room in 2010, the girl reported it to a teacher, who took the issue to the principal. The principal didn’t immediately offer the girl aid or a…
