Dr. Ann OlivariusSolo Sí Es Sí –what happens when rape laws put consent first?Enhorabuena a España, for passing the “Solo sí es sí” (Only Yes Means Yes) law on Friday the 26th of August. The Spanish law on sexual…4 min read·Aug 29, 2022----
Dr. Ann OlivariusWomen, Want a Nobel Prize or Promotion? Change your name to David.This month, the Nobel Prize winners for 2021 strode across the dais in Stockholm to receive their medals from the King of Sweden. The final…4 min read·Dec 14, 2021----
Dr. Ann OlivariusIf Dominic Cummings Were a Woman, Boris Would Have Sacked Him AlreadyI have spent a lot of my career representing women who have been fired, who have been denied tenure, who after a turf war with a male…7 min read·Jun 30, 2020----
Dr. Ann OlivariusIn a COVID-19 world, women face our own kind of social distanceWhen the Great Plague swept through London in 1665, the grim work of tending to the sick and dead fell to women, often vulnerable women…4 min read·Mar 25, 2020--1--1
Dr. Ann OlivariusElizabeth Warren isn’t “unlikeable”. But America has a problem liking women in power.The first woman candidate for the presidency, Victoria Woodhull, faced real challenges. For one, only men could vote. For another, her…4 min read·Mar 10, 2020--3--3
Dr. Ann OlivariusDon’t Be Evil: What Money is Clean (Enough) in the #MeToo era?Since its inception in the early 20th century, the Rhodes Scholarship has produced more than a few members of the American ‘power elite.’…3 min read·Mar 5, 2020----
Dr. Ann OlivariusYou think Katie Hill will be the only one? Think again.The tragi-comic difference between a female politician felled by a consensual, but “unethical” same-sex relationship and the male…4 min read·Oct 29, 2019----
Dr. Ann OlivariusHe Thrills Me, She Thrills Me NotLast presidential election cycle it was conveniently easy to lay the faults of Democratic defeat at the feet of singularly “shrill”…3 min read·Apr 10, 2019----
Dr. Ann OlivariusRevenge porn — you shouldn’t have to be the richest man in the world to fight it.Calling the National Enquirer’s bluff might just work for Jeff Bezos. Everybody else still needs the law.3 min read·Feb 20, 2019--2--2
Dr. Ann OlivariusThe only long-term solution to revenge porn is education.Ryan Broll, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Guelph, published an op-ed in The Star this week about…2 min read·Aug 1, 2017----