Melissa McGraw, Director of Counseling Services at Safe Passage What is Human Trafficking? In June several domestic violence staff attended a training on human trafficking in Springfield. Domestic violence and rape crisis centers are seeing more and more victims of human trafficking ...
***Guest Post*** Like many people in college, my friends and I were young, broke, and sometimes stupid. We made dumb decisions about how much to spend on sushi, how long that political econ homework actually take, and what kind of shoes ...
Public apologies: the quickest way to say you're sorry without having to actually show any remorse. We've seen a slew of public apologies since the #MeToo movement began, but if we think back, we can see they're really nothing new. ...
Timothy Mapes Harassment Scandal (LINK) Does the #MeToo movement still matter? Haven't we talked about this enough? Surely everyone knows and understands how unacceptable sexual harassment in the workplace is by now! If you're like many Americans, you've heard these questions. Maybe ...
Our American obsession with reality TV says a lot about us as a culture. Some people love reality TV. Some people love to judge those people. But with a reality TV star sitting in the Oval Office, we can't deny ...
Content note: discussion of violent sexual assault and victim-blaming. . . . . . A student was violently sexually assaulted by an acquaintance this weekend at NIU (LINK to article). The student was working on a final project for school when the attacker stopped by, physically ...
My partner and I went to see Hamilton last night. For those of you who aren't familiar, Hamilton the Musical is the story of Alexander Hamilton, the Founding Father who came to America as an immigrant, fought in the Revolutionary ...
France has recently proposed a new sexual assault law which includes a provision for the country's first ever minimum age of consent. Set to go into effect next year, President Macron and other leading French politicians hope to see the ...
