I was never raped, but when I was 11, the son of a family friend copped a feel whenever we were playing video games or watching tv.

I was never raped, but when I was 12, the same kid spent his birthday party making me sit on his lap while he touched me in front of his friends.

This is what happens to the bodies of the women you know.

On Monday, December 5 at 6:30 a.m., I was kneeling on the floor in front of my toilet, hand plunged into the nearly opaque dark red water, fishing for the warm clumps that had sunk to the bottom. I had cleaned the toilet the night…

For Good Men To See Nothing

I specifically AM addressing this piece to the people of “my tribe”: white, heterosexual male gamers who wouldn’t dream of grabbing anyone in a non-consensual or sexual way in public, and find descriptions of these kinds of acts inconceivable, because they don’t happen in front…

My First Virtual Reality Groping

Last week I was groped in virtual reality — did you know that could happen? I didn’t, but now I’m all the wiser.

While visiting my brother-in-law last weekend, we decided to check out his HTC Vive, a virtual reality (VR) system. My husband and I…

Dear self-branded ‘nice guys™’: this is why I don’t want you

Yes, you did hold open that door for me, no you can’t have my number

It has nothing to do with you not being alpha. It has…

I. Girl, Begun: Why my mother raised me as a girl.

I’m Interested In You. That Doesn’t Mean I’m Trying To Have Sex With You.