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Abuse. Harassment. Incest. Sexual Violence. Self-Defense. Gender-based Violence. Hate Crimes.
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My Feminist Action: Locating Sex in Sexual Harassment and Rape, Kathleen Barry, Fall 2011
Trapped In The Story: Local Journalists Face Sexual Violence, Lauren Wolfe, Summer 2011
Ending Wartime Rape Means Ending War and Patriarchy, Judith Avory Faucette, Summer 2011
Most Wanted: Meaningful Enforcement in the War Against Domestic Abuse, Madeline Lee Bryer, Summer 2011
Fighting to Gratify a Sex Instinct? War Attitudes Vary by Gender, Lori Adelman, Summer 2011
Violence Against Women Surges When War Is "Done", Yifat Susskin, Summer 2011
Finding Hope: Reweaving -- Then and Now, Pam McAllister, Summer 2011
A Feminist Looks at Masculine Rage and the Haditha Massacre, Kathleen Barry, Summer 2011
Reducing Violence by Educating for Empathy, Myriam Miedzian, Spring 2010
Listening Up: Students Blow the Whistle on Sexual Violence, Stephanie Gilmore and Sarah Barr, Spring 2010
To Halt Emotional Abuse, French Law Teaches Bullies a Lesson, Eleanor J. Bader, Spring 2010
Esther Chavez Cano Added Up the Devastation of Gender Violence, Theresa Braine, Winter 2010
Maternal Mortality, Slavery, Fistula Fill Half The Sky, Elayne Clift, Winter 2010
A Poem: Barrettes, Bandages and Butterflies, Donna Nelson, Summer 2009
The Death of a Dream: Layers of Domestic Violence, Nancy Genova, Summer 2009
Students Draw the Line on Sexual Violence, Stephanie Gilmore, Spring 2009
Listen Up: UN Must Hear Women on Violence, Charlotte Bunch, Spring 2009
To Stop Gender Violence, Start Changing the Tune, Andrea Smith, Fall 2009
Filming to Shatter the Stigma, Jennifer Baumgardner, Fall 2008
Anti-Immigrant Fervor Translates to Terror for Women, Melissa Nalani Ross, Fall 2008
Women and the War on Terror, An Unintended Consequence?, Sallie Bingham, Fall 2008
Media Tools Counter War Violence Against Women, Ariel Dougherty, Fall 2008
What is Terror for Women?, Susan Faludi, Fall 2008
Terror for Women Exists Throughout History, Across Cultures, Mahin Hassibi, Fall 2008
Honor Killings and Human Bombs, Abuses Old and New, Jan Goodwin, Fall 2008
Terrorizing the Loved Pets of Women, Carol Adam, Fall 2008
The War I Know, Sidelined, A to Z, Carolyn Gage, Fall 2008
Rape New York, Janet Leo, Fall 2008
The Water We Swim In, Rescuing Ourselves, Ellen Snortland, Fall 2008
Stopping the Terror, A Day to End Violence Against Prostitutes, Annie Sprinkle, Fall 2008
No Safe Place, Phyllis Chesler, Winter 1998
Working Inside the System, Anne Tully, Winter 1997
Power From My People, Sabrina Margarita, Winter 1997
Advice from Inside Out: 6 Ways to Make the Law-Enforcement System Work for Women, Winter 1997
The Judge Who Got Off, Joy Ward, Fall 1996
Can We Talk? Racism and Domestic Violence, a discussion with Tammy Bruce and Julianne Malveaux, Summer 1996
Talking Back about Talking Back, Faria Chideya, Linda Fairstein, Henry Rollins, Tara Roberts, Joan Jett and others respond to Theresa
Yunker's article, Summer 1996
When Street Harassment Gets Nasty, Teresa Yunker, Summer 1996
Why Annie Got Her Gun, Carolyn Gage, Spring 1996
What is Justice for a Rape Victim?, Phyllis Chesler, Winter 1996
Unclear and Present Danger: Self-Defense Laws, Leah Rose, Summer 1995
Pimping: The World's Oldest Profession, Kathleen Barry, Summer 1995
Tragedy, American-Style, Merle Hoffman, Spring 1995
Rape in High Places, Phyllis Chesler, Spring 1995
Confessions of a Child Molester, Anonymous, Winter 1995
Is the Right to Kill in Self-Defense Reserved for Men?, Phyllis Chesler, Winter 1995
Busting Mister Short Eyes, Pedophiles Posing as "Sexual Liberals," Nikki Craft, Winter 1995
Who Stole Incest?, Louise Armstrong, Fall 1994
When "Regular Guys" Rape, the Trial of the Glen Ridge Four, Christine Schaack McGoey, Fall 1993
Let's Make Rape An Election Issue, Make the US A "Rape-Free Zone," John Stoltenberg, Fall 1992
Breaking the Lethal Circle: A Personal Account of an Abusive Childhood, Paola D'Ellesio, Summer 1992
RAPED: A Male Survivor Breaks His Silence By Fred Pelka, Spring 1992
Healing Ourselves, Healing the World, Interview with Laura Davis, Barbara Bolz, Fall 1991
The Strange Case of Mark Curtis, Victim or Victimizer?, Fred Pelka, Spring 1991
The Politics of Violence, Charlotte Bunch, Fall 1990
Living in a Land of Sexual Violence, Merle Hoffman, Winter 1990
Women's Lives Under Padding, Merle Hoffman, Vol 9, 1988
Rape and Child Sex Abuse, Elizabeth Holtzman, Vol 7 1987
When Someone You Love "Does That" To You: Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, Oralee Wachter, Vol 5, Winter/Spring 1985
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