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Author: Brock Colyar

Brock Colyar is a former editorial intern at Ms. They were a journalism and gender and sexuality studies major at Northwestern University, where they founded a campus queer and radical feminist magazine and served as a sexual health and assault peer educator. Much of their spare time is spent overthinking intra-feminist politics and Stevie Nicks. You can follow them on Twitter @UnhappyFem (Photo via Colin Boyle/The Daily Northwestern.)
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The Sexual Harassment Strikes Against McDonald’s Were Only the Beginning

Brock Colyar

In a brave stand against workplace sexual misconduct, a group of McDonald’s workers filed 25 sexual harassment charges and lawsuits against the fast food giant at the end of May—adding up to more than 50 suits and complaints that workers have filed alongside Fight for $15, an international organization of low-wage workers, in the last three years.

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Saying #MeToo in the Push of a Button

Brock Colyar

“You never know knocking on one of those doors what’s going to be on the other side of that door. We witnessed it all. We saw it all.”

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“When They Go Low, We Go Vote!”

Brock Colyar

100,000 people marched to the polls in Chicago ahead of the midterm elections. Across the country, feminists today are doing the same.

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Raising Mavericks: Inside the New App Empowering Teen Girls to Speak Out

Brock Colyar

YouTube personalities, musicians, Olympians and activists are among the crowd of young girls using Maverick to tell the “best dad joke,” share feminist advice for young boys and even talk about their first period.

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#MeTooMcDonalds: Fast-Food Workers Just Made History with a Nationwide Strike Against Sexual Harassment

Brock Colyar

In the midst of the #MeToo movement, low-wage workers aren’t backing down. Across the country this week, the fight to end sexual harassment moved from the silver screen to the golden arches.

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Where the Personals are Political

Brock Colyar

Meet the feminist herstorian queering online dating and community-building.

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Losing Our Way: Congressional Attacks on LGBT Parents Hurt Foster Kids, Too

Brock Colyar

The Aderholt Amendment would give adoption agencies a license to discriminate against LGBTQ parents—and hurt thousands of children in foster care.

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Expanding the Approach: Next Steps in the Fight Against Campus Rape

Brock Colyar

After investigating 387 reports of sexual misconduct, the Department of Education determined that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill failed survivors of sexual assault. One of the alumni behind the landmark battle for justice talked to Ms. about what comes next.

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Rep. Lois Frankel is Pushing for a #MeToo Movement on Capitol Hill

Brock Colyar

Rep. Lois Frankel remembers the disappointing days before the #MeToo movement—but now, as co-chair of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, she is leading two major efforts to protect women from violence and harassment across the country.

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Feminist Litigators are Demanding Rights for Campus Sexual Assault Survivors—and Taking on Betsy DeVos

Brock Colyar

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rescinded groundbreaking Obama-era guidance on campus sexual assault that made it easier for survivors to seek justice—and now, litigators are demanding her department reverse course.

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