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This Man Was Thrown in a Somali Jail for Interviewing a Rape Victim

Everyone’s talking about Somalia’s future. They’re talking up foreign business investment, they’re talking up the new government, and they’re talking up the Islamist militia al-Shabaab. Something that hasn't come up quite so much, however, is the precarious existence of journalists in the Horn of Africa nation. Full story

The Anonymous Member Who Broke the Steubenville Rape Case, Then Got Raided by the FBI

The FBI recently raided the home of Deric Lostutter, the member of the hacktivist collective Anonymous who leaked a video that showed the young men who raped an unconscious teenaged girl in Steubenville, Ohio, bragging about it. They say he's responsible for illegal hacking, he s… Full story

Anna Krien Explores the Dark Side of Australian Football Culture

Anna Krien's book Night Games is primarily about a rape trial of a footballer, and in it somehow Krien manages to pry open a world of tacky nightclubs, gangbangs, and locker-room jokes, by first of all admitting how lost she is in it herself. Full story

Interviewing South African Rape Victims Isn't Easy When You're Disfigured

Late last year, I spent a week in South Africa's townships researching the jolly topic of masculinity and child rape for an article. Being my first foreign assignment, I was expecting a bit of a rough ride into an unknown territory and the horribly distressing subject matter with… Full story

Editing Homophobia out of the “Islamic Tradition”

Slave rape, marital rape, and plural marriage might be unpleasant to consider as part of Islamic sexuality, but they are deeply embedded in our established sources. But I do not believe that Islamic tradition is frozen in stone. Every translation is an interpretation, and every i… Full story

Inside Anonymous’s Operation to Out Rehtaeh Parsons’s Rapists

In the wake of Rehtaeh Parson's suicide, Anonymous is threatening Nova Scotia's authorities. They say they will release the names of those they believe to be guilty of raping Parson. We spoke to an organizer of that particular Anonymous-led operation to get more of their perspect… Full story

The RCMP Is Failing to Protect Teenage Girls

The Tragic Similiarities Between Rehtaeh Parsons and Amanda Todd

Rehtaeh Parsons, a teenage girl from Nova Scotia, was taken off life support on Sunday after a failed suicide attempt. Her mother believes being raped by four teenage boys led to her death. The RCMP has been unable to arrest anyone in connection to the rape itself, and unfortunat… Full story

Joshua Oppenheimer and Indonesia's Murderous Playboys

Director Joshua Oppenheimer traveled to Indonesia for a project that brought him in contact with people who survived the 1965 government massacre of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), when anywhere between 500,000 and 3 million PKI members were killed. Full story

Guns: The Cause of, and the Solution to, All of Life’s Problems

Republicans believe that gun ownership is a Constitutionally protected right with a philosophical pedigree. They now also appear to think that the more guns people carry around, the better society will be, which is a different and weirder proposition. Full story

I Was Raped—and the Police Told Me I Made It Up

Wilbur Brown opened the door to the gas station with cellophane wrapped around his fingers. He forced Sara out in front of the station, where he made her perform oral sex on him, while holding his pistol against her head. There were no security cameras. He then went back inside w… Full story