A poem about how the first question someone asks when a crime against a woman takes place is always aimed at the woman herself.
Tag: gender-based violence
Iran Feels the Wrath of a Movement Held Down For Too Long
The death of Mahsa Amini unleashed outrage at the government's treatment of women that had long been simmering beneath the surface.
Tracey Rose, Renegade South African Artist: Understanding Her 30 Years of Outrage
A major exhibition in Cape Town revealed the unique brew that characterises the work of this politically charged feminist artist.
What Netflix’s ‘The Most Hated Man on the Internet’ Gets Right (And Wrong) About ‘Revenge Porn’
The women in the series were not stereotyped as being naïve or at fault, as they often are in media coverage.
How Latin American Feminists Shifted Global Understanding of Gender-based Violence
Latin American activists have made important contributions to the movement against gender-based violence. Their impact has been significant within global feminist movements.
Why Few Women in Senegal Speak Out About Their Rapists
The Senegalese culture of discretion, called 'sutura', inhibits survivors of sexual violence from publicly denouncing perpetrators.
Misogyny in the Capitol: Among the Insurrectionists, a Lot of Angry Men Who Don’t Like Women
With obscenities and violence, rioters at the Capitol left an obvious message: angry contempt for women.
Another Boys Locker Room? How ‘Harmless Banter’ Led to a Google Drive Full of Nudes at Kolkata
An abuser is neither an anomaly in the system, nor an outlier. They're just men who were reassured that the system would always let them get away with anything.
Grieving Those We Cancel: A Call For Restorative Culture
Cancel culture makes us fight the battle of patriarchy with the same weapons that created the battlefield in the first place. In this reality of a lose-lose situation, it …