While child marriage is often framed as a traditional practice, in Turkey it is actually largely an economical one.
Author: Deniz Şahintürk
Deniz Sahinturk is a 21-year-old aspiring journalist from Istanbul, Turkey, where she witnessed her country's gradual descent into chaos. She travelled around Europe as much as she could and is now a rising junior in the Newhouse School at Syracuse University. She became a feminist when she was 16, and takes it as a turning point in her life. She is especially passionate about minority women's rights and issues, and her current idols are Harriet Brown and Roxane Gay.
Revenge Porn: Same Old Sexism, New Medium
A little more than 10 million people in the U.S. say they have been victims of revenge porn, and young women under 30 are 10 percent more likely to be victims of the crime.