What You Should Really Say to Your Daughter About Campus Sexual Assault

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

Interact with Minors

Against the collective neglect of the young.

ICE, CBP Officers Prefer To Sexually Assault Children When Committing Crimes

The “worst of the worst” are coming for the “worst of the worst.” Of course, this administration has completely given up on this pretense, despite sending out lots of noisy …

Nikole Hannah-Jones’ school choice for her daughter sparks a debate over Black parents, education and sacrifice

Nikole Hannah-Jones's reflection on her daughter’s public school education sparks a larger debate about Black parents, opportunity and community.

What the Cornell 7 and LSU sexual assault cases are revealing about the experiences of Black women

In the wake of the Cornell 7 and LSU assault cases, many, including Black women, are reckoning with their dismay and rage.

Notes on Camp: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Jane Schoenbrun, 2026)

Before we begin, fair warning: This is a post about sex. Before we continue, an even fairer, more specific warning: This is a post where I talk about how I have sex. I talk about my body, and how I feel about it, and how sex complicates my feelings about

Syracuse University Intervenes to Block Subpoena of Police Records — ProPublica

The university, whose 1980s rape crisis figured prominently in a ProPublica article, committed to support survivors at “every step of the process.” Now it’s in court to stop police from sharing many records with a student who was assaulted in 1987.

The Effective Altruism Kids Aren’t Alright

On sexual violence, Slutcon, and what happens when children take on adult responsibilities.

Academia: Go Into Plasticity

Thursday’s Child Has Far to Go

Kids in ICE Detention Up 10x in Trump’s Second Term

Advocates warn trauma from detentions will cause kids lifelong damage.

Reflecting On a Few Very, Very Strange Years In Silicon Valley's Rape Culture

On rape culture in Silicon Valley and its subcultures: Rationalism, Effective Altruism, TPOT, and Vibecamp. Also the informal rules that dictate how women are allowed to talk about sexual violence.

My Dad’s Annoying. I’m Annoying. What About My Daughter?

I’ve inherited my dad’s habit of saying and doing inappropriate things. Now I’m making sure my kid won’t follow suit.

A Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent

Our autonomy can be compromised by limitations in our capacities, or by the power relationships within which we are embedded. If we insist that real consent requires full autonomy, then virtually no sex will turn out to be consensual. I argue that under conditions of compromised autonomy, consent must be socially and interpersonally scaffolded. To understand consent as an ethically crucial but nonideal concept, we need to think about how it is related to other requirements for ethical sex, such as the ability to exit a situation, trust, safety, broader social support, epistemic standing in the community, and more.

A Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent

Our autonomy can be compromised by limitations in our capacities, or by the power relationships within which we are embedded. If we insist that real consent requires full autonomy, then virtually no sex will turn out to be consensual. I argue that under conditions of compromised autonomy, consent must be socially and interpersonally scaffolded. To understand consent as an ethically crucial but nonideal concept, we need to think about how it is related to other requirements for ethical sex, such as the ability to exit a situation, trust, safety, broader social support, epistemic standing in the community, and more.