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Author: Lauren R. Taylor

Lauren R. Taylor directs Defend Yourself, an empowerment self-defense organization based in Washington, D.C., which has reached an estimated 35,000 people. She also co-founded Safe Bars, which trains people who work in bars and restaurants in bystander intervention skills for standing up against harassment.
  • Violence & Harassment
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The Power of Feminist Self-Defense

Lauren R. Taylor

I believed that if someone tried to rape me, there would be nothing I could do. When I took a self-defense class, I found out I was wrong.

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How Do YOU Respond to Street Harassment? Here Are Some Suggestions

Holly Kearl and Lauren R. Taylor

Earlier this month, thousands of people in Berlin held a vigil for Tugce Albayrak, a 23-year-old student who died at the hands of a street harasser. Albayrak bravely intervened when she witnessed a group of men harassing two teenage girls on November 15. In retaliation, one of the young men, an 18-year-old, turned on her, […]

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