By Alexandra Brodsky
June 19, 2012
My freshman year, I filed a complaint with Yale’s Sexual Harassment Grievance Board. I was invited to meet with two members of the committee in the basement of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall, a towering stone administrative …
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By Alexandra Brodsky
May 6, 2012
In May, the LAPD will open a separate module of its downtown jail for women designated to cage transgender arrestees. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Captain Dave Lindsay heralded …
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By ALEXANDRA BRODSKY
March 27, 2012
A newspaper has published a misogynistic pin-up spread, and women are angry. Within the pages of the latest issue—and the issue before that, and the issue before that—a reader can find “pictures of scantily clad models, …
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By ALEXANDRA BRODSKY
August 25, 2011
Good news for all you bisexual men: you weren’t lying! Congratulations!
Earlier this week the New York Times reported on a Northwestern University study demonstrating that, in fact, “bisexual men… demonstrated …
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By ALEXANDRA BRODSKY
August 14, 2011
Since the beginning of time Broad Recognition has helped you find the best Yale classes to put together your feminist education. While you were busy lying in the sun, preparing for FOOT, or …
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By ALEXANDRA BRODSKY
June 22, 2011
The last two weeks have been a nightmare for the family and friends of missing Indiana student Lauren Spierer. The 20-year-old, after a night out with friends, was last seen in the early hours of …
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by ALEXANDRA BRODSKY
May 27, 2011
There’s been a whole lot of fuss about the fact that Christine Lagarde is a woman. The French finance minister has recently announced, to no one’s surprise, her bid to lead the International Monetary …
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By ALEXANDRA BRODSKY
March 12, 2011
Wesleyan has sex. Since a bunch of Wes students uploaded a pro-Planned Parenthood video on March 9, it’s been all over the Internet—Facebook, Twitter, my primary care physician’s blog. The short …
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By ALEXANDRA BRODSKY
February 9, 2011
On Wednesday, February 9, Yale’s Chief of Police Ronnell A. Higgins sent the student body an email that an “acquaintance rape involving two undergraduates that occurred at the end of January” had been reported anonymously to …
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