Missoula Isn’t the Only Site of Rape Culture
May 18, 2012 by Kate Whittle · Leave a Comment
[TRIGGER WARNING: This story discusses sexual assault and rape culture.] The police department, county prosecutor’s office and university in my hometown of Missoula, Montana, are under investigation ...Read More
Who’s Watching the Detectives?
May 7, 2012 by Deborah Jacobs · 1 Comment
Since President Obama took office, the Department of Justice has emerged as a formidable force in holding police accountable. The Department of Justice has initiated 18 investigations into police ...Read More
Remembering the L.A. Riots, Remembering Latasha Harlins
May 7, 2012 by Jennifer Williams · 5 Comments
It’s been 20 years since the L.A. Riots and I can’t put the grainy footage from that video out of my head. A young black girl approaches a checkout counter. An older Asian American woman reaches ...Read More
Condoms As Evidence … of Police Endangering Public Health
April 17, 2012 by Audacia Ray · 2 Comments
Currently in the state of New York, police and prosecutors use condoms as evidence of prostitution-related offenses, including the murky crime of “loitering for the purpose of engaging in a prostitution ...Read More
Whose Trial Is It Anyway?
February 11, 2012 by Julie Cain · 5 Comments
As we’ve been reporting on the Ms. Blog, Kansas City was rocked last fall by the indictment of Bishop Robert Finn for failing to report that a priest in his parish had pornographic pictures ...Read More
Despite Anti-Gay Graffiti, Media and Police Ask the Wrong Questions in Teen Athlete’s Murder
November 29, 2011 by Mecca Jamilah Sullivan · 7 Comments
By Mecca Jamilah Sullivan I didn’t know Tayshana Murphy was gay. I’m from Harlem, and I like to think I’m tapped into important conversations among New York’s LGBTQ people of color communities. ...Read More
Penn State Teaches Rape Culture 101
November 17, 2011 by Georgia Platts · 8 Comments
A man sexually assaults children. Witnesses are appalled. But no one tells anyone outside their tight circle. The assailant is eventually accused of attacking eight boys. Yet members of the community ...Read More
Confession, Not Prosecution, For Bishop Who Let Alleged Abusive Priest Off the Hook
November 16, 2011 by Julie Cain · 3 Comments
Ms. Blog readers will recall the recent indictment of Bishop Robert Finn of the Kansas City (Mo.)-St. Joseph’s Catholic diocese, making him the most superior member of the Roman Catholic Church ...Read More
Does Your Police Department Have a Rape Protocol? Mine Didn’t.
November 4, 2011 by Jill Zimon · 5 Comments
This story is about being inspired to take local action: what incited me, what I did about it and how you can follow suit. On Monday, my local paper of record, The Plain Dealer (Cleveland), ran a ...Read More
What NYC SlutWalk Was, and What It Wasn’t
October 5, 2011 by Noelle Williams · 8 Comments
Union Square was packed when I arrived at this weekend’s inaugural New York SlutWalk. The crowd was mostly women, mostly young and mostly white. Clothing styles ranged from topless to scanty ...Read More
