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Steubenville teens are found guilty but rape culture remains alive and well
Tweet*Trigger warning* Yesterday, the verdict was handed down in the Steubenville rape case. The defendants, Trent Mays and Ma’lik Richmond, were found guilty. Mays will serve at least two years in the state juvenile system; Richmond was sentenced to at least one year. And the attorney general may also bring charges against others who turned a blind eye [...]
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The radical potential and great disappointment of school sexual misconduct boards
TweetIn a development that surprised exactly no one who has been following the recent stories of mishandled sexual violence reports at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights has agreed to investigate the school’s policies and practices. The investigation is prompted by a complaint filed in [...]
Also tagged Amherst, campus activism, campus assault, campus safety, campus sexual violence, criminal justice, Rape, slut-shaming, The New York Times, Title IX, transformative justice, UNC, Yale Comments closed
A mainstream media conversation about Steubenville and rape culture