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(05/19/17 9:16am)
When I started at Duke four years ago, I planned on spending my time studying foreign policy and participating in groups like American Grand Strategy. While I certainly did those things, I never anticipated that I would become involved with activism against gender violence. It happened a little bit by accident; my time in therapy at the Women’s Center left me frustrated with campus silence when it came to sexual assault. I met some other likeminded survivors and we founded Duke Support, Duke’s first student-run sexual assault survivor support group. Before I knew it, the activist work I was doing took up most of my time.
(03/27/17 2:20am)
Last week, the Republican repeal of Obamacare went from unlikely, to maybe, to dead. While it appears that President Obama’s signature healthcare legislation will remain in place for now, it is unlikely that the Republicans won’t try again later for another repeal. We still have another three years and nine months of Trump (but who’s counting?). Dissecting the frenzied rush to replace Obamacare last week will be crucial in future attempts to block a Republican rollback, especially when seeking to protect the kinds of things first on the chopping block.
(03/01/17 11:00am)
Columnist's note: "Content Warning: rape, sexual assault”
(02/13/17 5:12am)
Columnist's note: "Content Warning: Sexual Assault”
(01/30/17 2:03pm)
You may have heard of the classic trolley problem in various ethics, philosophy or strategy courses. It goes something like this: you’re walking across a bridge when you see a set of tracks. Five people are bound to the tracks, and a train is barreling straight for them. Miraculously, a lever to change tracks happens to be right beside you. You could flip the lever to divert the train to another track—but there happens to be one person on that track who would be killed. Diverting the train kills the one person; five will perish if you do nothing.
(12/12/16 2:51pm)
Buckle your seatbelts folks because we’re about to take a wild, four-year ride through the land of historical revisionism, across the swamp of despair, to the fairy princess castle (the Brothers Grimm sort, not Disney) where the orange child hast crowned himself king.
(11/28/16 3:16pm)
In all of the sky-is-falling coverage surrounding Trump’s election, most mainstream news networks have neglected to investigate what this election means for combatting sexual assault. President Obama and his administration have been vigorous enforcers of Title IX, a decades-old law that requires gender equality in education and requires schools to handle complaints of harassment. While historically understood to mean equality in sports, an influential 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter released by the Department of Education clarified that sexual violence is a form of harassment prohibited by Title IX, leading to a flurry of investigations into universities mishandling sexual assault reports. As of September, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), the office in charge of Title IX enforcement, had over 200 active Title IX investigations.
(11/09/16 3:29pm)
I thought I would come out by baking a rainbow cake, taking a cute picture with it and posting it on Facebook. I anticipated lots of rainbows and excitement. I didn’t anticipate coming out because Donald Trump just won the presidency.
(10/17/16 4:45am)
Never in my life have I heard sexual assault take such a central role in politics. I wish it were because we as a nation have decided to address the epidemic of violence against women. I wish it were to root out the causes that lead to one in five women experiencing sexual assault. I wish it were because we recognize the humanity of rape victims, that we understand their pain and want to create a better world for them. That, sadly, is not the case.
(10/03/16 5:49am)
The Duke Men’s Project has been getting a lot of press lately. Formed last year, the Duke Men’s Project “aims to create a space of brotherhood fellowship dedicated to interrogating male privilege and patriarchy as it exists in our lives, our campus and our society.” The goal is to develop a masculinity that is “inclusive, equitable and positive.” The Chronicle’s Editorial Board wrote that the project is “novel” and “critically important.” As the Board writes, “Women are forced to consider their role in society all the time—it is time for men now to do the same.”
(09/05/16 1:13pm)
On Friday, convicted rapist Brock Turner was released from jail after serving only three months of his six-month sentence. His release was accompanied by scores of articles slamming his white privilege for such a light sentence, a particularly amusing article celebrating the look of disgust on an officer’s face as Turner walked past her, and the sheriff expressing her wish for Turner to remain behind bars.
(08/26/16 2:41pm)
It’s been a few days since hundreds of first-years descended on Duke’s campus. Duke never feels more alive than it does during orientation week and during the first few weeks of classes. The enthusiasm for Duke and for learning is palpable. Upperclassmen will smile when you frantically ask what “Sakai” is and we’ll poke fun when you proudly announce you are both pre-med AND pre-law. You’re about to have the best, craziest, most thought-provoking four years of your life and as a senior, I wish I could trade places with you and start it all again.
(06/17/16 12:25pm)
Columnist's note: "Content Warning: rape, gun violence, homophobia”
(04/18/16 5:46am)
I would like to begin with a completely non-exhaustive list of things that do not imply consent to sexual activity: revealing outfits, a person’s sexual history, being a person’s friend, sharing alcohol, using Tinder, being a person’s date, making out at Shooters, having sex last week, having sex last night, hanging out at LDOC, sharing a bed, sharing a bed while naked, being naked in general, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera.
(03/21/16 5:29am)
Ah, yes, nothing like the smell of some good old fashioned sexism in the morning. After suggesting that a Fox News host was tough on him in a Republican debate because she was menstruating, Donald Trump stoked the Megyn Kelly controversy yet again last Friday by calling her “crazy” and “sick.” Fox News fired back, labeling Trump a sexist. Yes, you read that correctly. Fox News, the news network that has pioneered on-screen sexism, finally called Trump what everyone else already has: a sexist.
(03/07/16 6:34am)
The room was packed for a show. We shifted in our seats in nervous anticipation as we waited for nine of the most powerful people in the world to enter the room.
(02/22/16 7:26am)
Content Warning: Sexual Assault
(02/08/16 6:10am)
Marco Rubio is coming to take over the CDC. I expect they’ll welcome him with open arms.
(01/25/16 5:23am)
One in five women report being sexually assaulted while in college. That is a fact.
(12/07/15 5:32am)
Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence
