In Memory of Nicole Brown Simpson
There was a time when the law, including the FBI, and social scientists maintained that wife-beating did not exist in the United States. Eventually the FBI did estimate that a…
How To Write About Violence (with Fonda Lee and Lauren Beukes)
Battles and smackdowns are a key part of many science fiction and fantasy stories — but how do you do them right? Do you have an obligation to show the…
History of Violence
Every act of violence is retaliatory: against systems, offenses (perceived or real), and a history of victimization. Every retaliation draws more retaliation.
How Our Investigation Into Untested DNA Evidence Helped Solve a 1983 Murder
When reporter Catherine Rentz found a 1983 article about a student who was raped and murdered, she immediately recognized the similarities to crimes committed by a serial perpetrator she’d been…
For Many Evangelical Women, Sex Comes With Pain and Anxiety
A generation of evangelical women is struggling to navigate the aftermath of purity culture Unpacking a faith you love while reconciling some of its teaching’s harms creates a natural internal…
What the B in ACAB means
the system cannot be fixed from within
Cops aren’t workers
police are used to maintain capital.
How Hollywood Is Complicit in the Violence Against Asians in America
Reducing Asians, women and sex workers to flat punchlines isn't just degrading — it's dangerous {read}
The Poetics of Mass Murder
Poems responding to past gun violence, mass murders, and school shootings.
Cyntoia Brown Case Highlights How Child Sex Trafficking Victims Are Prosecuted
Birman says Brown's story is likely returning to the spotlight because more women are feeling compelled to come forward about sexual abuse. He says Brown hopes her case has an…