But the mayoral candidate doesn’t mention ways to help the Tennessee woman who killed her sexual assaulter at 16 and got a life sentence.
Tag: Rape
Posted inArts & Culture
With Unwanted, Dorothée Munyaneza creates a spectacle of grief and resilience
The artist revisits the ongoing horrors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
How to get laid without freaking out
Advice for a victim of sexual abuse and rape. Plus: Help, I snooped and discovered what I most feared!
Posted inBlogs
Taking on my college town’s bar scene taught me that protest is a form of self-care
Too often self-care is discussed as a private act—let’s consider the power of making it public.
Posted inBlogs
In the wake of the Facebook Live attack, we need to talk about black anger
Condemn the attack, but also understand the roots of black anger and violence done in Trump’s name.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Stop victim blaming pedestrians and cyclists fatally struck by drivers
When motorists kill people they need to be held accountable.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Is rough sex out of the question with a partner who has been raped?
Dan Savage tackles forcible consensual fucking. Plus: another case of DTMFA and a stirring defense from a Dan fan
Posted inBlogs
Men’s rights activists rally in Rogers Park canceled, TV shows and movies keep flocking to Chicago, and other Chicago news
Also, a University of Chicago professor is out over alleged sexual misconduct, and DePaul’s law school cancels a Trump Tower event.
Posted inBlogs
Showing rape victims how to think beyond ‘report to the police’
A survivor has constructed a decision-making tool to help others figure it out.
Posted inBlogs
In praise of the subtle, difficult story
Both Aimee Levitt’s recent cover story on rape and Stephanie Andersen’s take on adoption let readers draw their own conclusions. And that’s a good thing.
Posted inNews & Politics
The University of Chicago’s message to the Class of 2019: Don’t be a rapist
How a band of student activists convinced the U. of C. to rethink rape on campus.
Posted inBlogs
Let Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell write what she thinks about rape
Even if she’s wrong, let’s not muzzle Mary Mitchell—conversations change minds. Censorship doesn’t.
Posted inBlogs
Mary Mitchell thinks a prostitute can’t be raped. She’s wrong.
Unwilling sex at gunpoint is rape—no matter who the victim is.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Does a lifetime of lousy sex legitimize cheating?
Dan tells us what he would do if faced with a lifetime of lousy sex, and offers tips on how to reignite a sex life without killing your husband.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
A trans man’s dilemma
Dan Savage on whether marriage puts a trans man off limits and other quandaries