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‘To Catch a Predator’ at Cornell
Feminists on the internet are erupting in rage and recognition after a former Cornell University student filed a lawsuit alleging she was pressured to take ketamine and was subsequently gang-raped for seven hours at a Cornell fraternity house.
At the same time, A24’s new blockbuster Primetime just hit theaters. And as pedophiles and predators continue to occupy the highest echelons of the U.S. government and walk free at universities across the country, Primetime captures why public exposure can feel like the only recourse left when institutions fail to act.
The Cornell case now has a consequential new development: This week, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten says his office is reopening its investigation and acknowledged his office relied on campus police’s investigation rather than conducting its own.
Public outrage helped bring the case back into view, but it cannot be the primary way that we seek justice. What matters now is whether Cornell and law enforcement answer the questions raised by Doe’s lawsuit … and whether the next student who comes forward has to wait for the Internet to demand those answers.
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The Magazine: Ms.’ Fall Issue, Gloria Steinem’s Legacy, Voting Rights and the Epstein Modeling Pipeline
Never to disappoint, we start with a salute to Gloria and the founding of Ms. and her vision for making sure that women’s experiences and women’s voices counted in the national debate. We report about how she changed journalism for the better and how she fueled ideas through Ms. Magazine. We also unpack a critical aspect of the Epstein legacy, examining the darker side of the modeling industry. While much of the beauty and glamour is simply that–there is also a more troubling side with a hidden path that is connected to sex exploitation, Jeffrey Epstein, and the abuse of women and girls. In this Fall Issue, we also tackle voting rights, the midterm elections, and the Supreme Court’s injudicious handling of voting rights.
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No Liberation Without Community: In One of Her Final Interviews, Gloria Steinem on Her New Memoir, Chosen Family and the Future of Feminism
“Feminism is positive, widely embraced and global. It is spreading and growing. That gives me hope.”
In one of her final interviews, the late Gloria Steinem discusses her new memoir and the optimism that fueled her feminism.
“The written word has always been magic to me,” Gloria Steinem—celebrated writer, feminist activist and cofounder of this magazine—observes in her charming new memoir, An Unexpected Life. “One of my greatest pleasures has always been opening a book and finding a friend.”
In this posthumous release, she gives us exactly that: a volume that is wise and witty, intimate and inspiring. It’s a chance to get to know her not as an icon, but as a friend.
Gloria and I chatted about the book the month before her death.
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As World Leaders Gather at the U.N., the Push to Recognize Gender Apartheid Gains Ground
Nearly 130 heads of state and government are expected to attend the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level week in New York. From Sept. 22 to 28, world leaders will gather for the General Debate of the 81st session under the theme, “Restoring trust, managing transformation: a United Nations that delivers for all.”
For Afghan women and girls living under the Taliban’s systematic oppression, whether the United Nations can deliver is not an abstract question. It requires the international community to recognize gender apartheid for what it is: a crime against humanity.
The support for recognizing forced marriage and reproductive violence, while stopping short of naming “gender apartheid,” presents an opportunity for feminist organizations to continue advocating for the full breadth of gender-based oppression to be recognized by the United Nations.
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