Posted by Kaitlin Ugolik on Saturday, March 15, 2014,
This week, two of the subjects I follow most closely - sexual assault activism and critiques of the media - converged to create a tense (and intense) conversation about how the latter should approach the former, when Christine Fox (@steenfox) asked sexual assault victims to tweet what they were wearing when they were assaulted. A writer at BuzzFeed who has covered sexual assault extensively for the site put together a post using some of the tweets, and what ensued was what I hope will be the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Kaitlin Ugolik on Monday, February 24, 2014,
A little back story: Like many colleges and universities, the University of Iowa has had a sexual assault problem for a while. Examples here, here and here. And stats here.
It's not just a problem of too many rapes; many argue that the way the university handles them is a huge part of the problem.
Whenever a sexual assault is reported on campus, students and members of the university community get a "Timely Warning" email. One recent email (forwarded to me by a friend) included this language:... Continue reading ...
