A Mother, A Son, and A Wartime Secret
In the wartime Balkans, an encounter with a solider produced an unwanted baby, a test of international justice, and a decades-long yearning for peace.
In the wartime Balkans, an encounter with a solider produced an unwanted baby, a test of international justice, and a decades-long yearning for peace.
Stacy Sullivan Elle Mar 2021 Permalink
13 women, a months-long trial, and a jury’s choice.
Jana G. Pruden Globe and Mail Jul 2020 25min Permalink
Surviving sexual assault in a rapidly digitized world.
Mary South The New Yorker Jan 2020 30min Permalink
How far can abused women go to protect themselves?
Elizabeth Flock New Yorker Jan 2020 30min Permalink
A woman is accused of lying about being raped. Years later and several states away, the story changed.
T. Christian Miller, Ken Armstrong ProPublica, The Marshall Project Dec 2015 50min Permalink
Why don’t police catch serial rapists?
Barbara Bradley Hagerty The Atlantic Jul 2019 30min Permalink
Donald Trump assaulted me in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room 23 years ago. But he’s not alone on the list of awful men in my life.
E. Jean Carroll New York Jun 2019 15min Permalink
Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., known as the Golden State Killer, is alleged to have murdered 13 people in California during the 1970s and 1980s. He also raped 50 women. He’ll stand trial for the murders only.
Paige St. John Los Angeles Times Jun 2019 30min Permalink
When Patricia Douglas was raped by an MGM salesman at a 1937 studio party, the 20-year-old dancer filed charges, taking on Hollywood’s most powerful institution.
David Stenn Vanity Fair Apr 2003 25min Permalink
An acclaimed American charity said it was saving some of the world’s most vulnerable girls from sexual exploitation. But from the very beginning, girls were being raped.
Finlay Young ProPublica Oct 2018 55min Permalink
“I never got any help, any kind of therapy. I never told anyone.”
Junot Díaz New Yorker Apr 2018 20min Permalink
With the 428th pick in the 1974 NFL draft, the Green Bay Packers selected…one of the most violent killers in U.S. history.
L. Jon Wertheim Sports Illustrated Nov 2016 25min Permalink
Two years after she sued producer Dr. Luke, saying he had drugged, raped, and emotionally abused her, Kesha is still bound to her original recording contract. She owes $100,000 (conservatively) per month on legal bills and can’t release any new music.
Ardelia Ali was raped in 1995. Twenty years later, her attacker was convicted.
Anna Clark Elle Jun 2016 Permalink
She claimed to be a porn recruiter who just needed to see the women have sex with her photographer once before she could book them for jobs. But she and her photographer were the same person — a freelance tech journalist named Matt Hickey.
Sydney Brownstone The Stranger Jun 2016 15min Permalink
“And finally, to girls everywhere, I am with you. On nights when you feel alone, I am with you. When people doubt you or dismiss you, I am with you. I fought everyday for you. So never stop fighting, I believe you.”
“He was untouchable, or he thought he was. But that era is over, for all those guys.”
Jia Tolentino Jezebel Mar 2016 30min Permalink
“Word choice is hard here. Should we say “raped” automatically if a grown man has sex with a teenager? Does it matter at all if the 15-year-old, now much older, describes their encounter as one of the best nights of her life? What is our word for a ‘yes’ given on a plane that’s almost vertically unequal? Does contemporary morality dictate that we trust a young woman when she says she consented freely, or believe that she couldn’t have, no matter what she says?”
Jia Tolentino Jezebel Feb 2016 10min Permalink
Inside New Haven’s Special Victims Unit.
Kathy Dobie New York Times Magazine Jan 2016 35min Permalink
The police told Lara McLeod to report her rape. Then they arrested her for lying.
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Sep 2015 25min Permalink
A business opportunity stemming from “a moment in time when the debate over how colleges should address sexual assault has reached a fever pitch.”
Katie J.M. Baker Buzzfeed Jul 2015 15min Permalink
Loretta Young, Clark Gable and the truth behind one of old Hollywood’s greatest scandals.
Anne Helen Petersen Buzzfeed Jul 2015 25min Permalink
The Runaways, their manager Kim Fowley, and the rape of the band’s bassist, long kept a secret.
Jason Cherkis Huffington Post Highline Jul 2015 35min Permalink
An investigation.
Bernice Yeung Reveal Jun 2015 25min Permalink
The author discovers devastating secrets while going through her late father’s belongings.