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CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS: LESSONS FROM ONLINE REPORTING

Deborah Tuerkheimer* In Online Shaming and the Power of Informal Justice,[1] Hadar Dancig-Rosenberg and Anat Peleg examine a dynamic that has become ubiquitous since #MeToo sparked a global reckoning with sexual abuse.[2] Notwithstanding several high profile instances of both criminal[3] and civil[4] accountability, the #MeToo movement—as reflected in the hashtag—has been largely driven by the practice of “online shaming,” a type of unofficial reporting that names the alleged ... continue reading...


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Strategic Communications for Promoting School Sex Education Reform in Massachusetts to Combat Gender-Based Violence and Toxic Masculinity

By Harry Chiu **** H.673/S.318, “An Act Relative to Healthy Youth,” is a proposed Massachusetts bill that aims to reform sex education in K-12 schools. Based on current research in gender-based violence prevention in schools, this bill would be an impactful and positive step toward reducing gender-based violence in schools and promoting healthier gender identities amongst Massachusetts students. Previous versions of this bill have received Senate approval, but have never managed to pass the ... continue reading...


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FAILING TO RECOGNIZE OBJECTIFICATION AND SEXUALIZATION OF WOMEN AS SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION: WORKPLACE HARASSMENT REFORMS IN AUSTRALIA

by Sandra Amankaviciute and Monika Zalnieriute   “Small Breasts, Huge Thighs and a Big Red Box.” No, this sexualized description is not of an X-rated video, but of Australia’s first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, made while she was in office in 2013. And it is not an anonymous troll tweet, but a menu displayed at a fundraiser for the Liberal National Party – a coalition of opposition parties to Gillard’s Labor government in Australia’s essentially two-party system. To the ... continue reading...


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Justice Amy Coney Barrett and What it Means to Have a Feminist Judiciary

By Shilpa Sadhasivam Watching the Supreme Court's political bent swing from conservative-leaning to firmly conservative was a resounding blow to political leftists. The rapid replacement of revered feminist Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett created great anxiety regarding Roe v. Wade, Obergefell v. Hodges, and other civil rights issues. Even deeper, her confirmation reflects a tension between feminist intentions of having women occupy positions of ... continue reading...


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CRIMINALIZING PREGNANCY: WYOMING SEEKS TO PROSECUTE NEW MOTHER FOR DRUG USE DURING PREGNANCY UNDER EXISTENT STATE LAW

By Hannah Hubbard Wyoming charged Leigh Stewart with child endangerment six days after she gave birth to her baby in Cheyenne. The State alleged that Ms. Stewart violated state law W.S. § 6-4-403(b)(iv), which provides that “[n]o person shall knowingly…[s]ell, give or otherwise furnish a child any drug prohibited by law without a physician’s prescription.” According to Wyoming, Ms. Stewart had “furnished” a child, her newborn baby, with drugs via the umbilical cord connecting the two of ... continue reading...


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