Victims of sexual assault face a new kind of assault when they report being raped. They are judged unfairly and asked presumptive questions like, “Had you been drinking?” Cynthia Kao created a video that highlights the absurd and insulting responses from law enforcement when a person reports a sexual assault. In the video, police officers […]
Chaz Smith is a 20-year-old cinema studies major at the University of Pennsylvania and he has created a video where he uses sports language to highlight the different expectations of men and women. Smith read about sexual violence on college campuses and told Huffington Post that he felt like he “ had to do something […]
When Patricia Arquette accepted her Oscar for Best Supporting Actress last night, she brought up equality for women and said, “To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal […]
You might recall the story of Melissa and Aaron Klein, the owners of an Oregon bakery that made national headlines last year after turning away a pair of lesbian brides-to-be. KATU reported in February 2013 that the Oregon Attorney General’s civil enforcement office received a complaint in January of that year and was investigating allegations […]
Conservatives are not pleased about actor Will Smith’s recent comments about our nation’s “gun culture” and “systemic racism.” Will Smith made those comments in a recent interview about “Kids, His Career, Ferguson, and Failure.” The interview, published last Thursday by Esquire, Smith spoke of his role as an actor speaking out against a corrupt system: […]