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The Chaos at Woodstock ‘99 Shows How Societies Normalize Violence Against Women

Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault, violence against women, sexual exploitation, and includes imagery of rape. If I could describe the docuseries “Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99” in one word, it would be “chaotic.” The series did an outstanding job outlining salient elements bringing the three-day festival to its absolute worst. The terrible planning, execution, infrastructure,…

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Dartmouth Grad Student, Maha Hasan, on Hunger Strike: College Denies Wrongdoing

By Maliya Naz

Dartmouth College graduate student, Maha Hasan Alshawi, is on a hunger strike in response to how the college has handled her allegations of sexual misconduct against a professor. Maha is a first year PhD student at Dartmouth’s Department of Computer Science. A group of Dartmouth students and community members gathered outside the college’s administration building…

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Nusrat Jahan Rafi: Murdered for Reporting Sexual Harassment

By pegahsmiley

On March 27th, 2019, Nusrat Jahan Rafi reported her headmaster for sexual harassment. She wasn’t taken seriously by the police. They recorded her even though she was trying to hide her face. Then the video was leaked. Five days later, she was burned death. Her last words were, “The teacher touched me, I will fight…

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Hijab Policing Is Sexual Harassment, Period.

By Amani

If you’re tapped into Muslim social media, you may have noticed a new trend spreading across some accounts: removing the headscarf. A recent wave of highly visible hijabi influencers have been taking off the scarf, provoking shock amongst their followers and Muslim social media users alike. Just as prevalent has been the sweeping condemnation that…

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The #MeToo Moments Continue at Canada’s Parliament Hill

By Zeina Jhaish

After accusations of assault were made against members of the Canadian government, like Jamie Baillie and Patrick Brown, with resignations following, the issue of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s alleged misconduct 18 years ago has resurfaced in the media. At the Kokanee Summit Festival in August 2000, the then 28-year-old Trudeau was accused of groping a female…

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Women in South Korea Join the #MeToo Movement By Calling Out Sex Crime Inequality

By Zeina Jhaish

As many movements defying sexual harassment have been rising over the past year, like #MeToo and #TimesUp, South Korea’s women fight their own battle against violations of privacy and consent in the largest women’s protest in South Korean history. On June 9, over 12,000 protestors gathered in the streets of Seoul to demand its police…