By JULIA CALAGIOVANNI January 25, 2012
As we mark the 39th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, increasingly under attack, Broads looks back at New Haven’s own contribution to the struggle for reproductive rights. On November 1, 1961,
January 21, 2012
Gender-neutral housing has all but exhausted its potential for dining-hall debate. It exists, which is good news for the seniors who want to take advantage of it, and it doesn’t harm those who don’t wish …
By EMMA DILEMMA
January 17, 2012
I’m a young dyke living the good life. I’ve recently started doing new and wonderful things in bed with a lovely new someone I’ve been seeing for …
By DEMETRA HUFNAGEL January 16, 2012
Yesterday morning Yale students received an email notification without precedent: Ronnell Higgins, Chief of Yale Police, explained that a Yale undergraduate had reported being raped by another Yale undergraduate in the early hours of Saturday …
By CHAMONIX ADAMS PORTER January 10, 2012
Since 1929, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has defined rape as “the carnal knowledge of a woman, forcibly and against her will.” This meant that, according to the FBI, men could not …
By JESS MCHUGH January 7, 2012
On January 3, the New York District Attorney dropped charges against Yaribely Almonte for self-abortion. The 20 year-old New York City resident was arrested in November after a fetus that was later traced to …
By JULIA CALAGIOVANNI January 4, 2012
Jessica Valenti is a young feminist superstar. She’s best known for founding feministing.com and helping to build it into one of the most prominent, respected sources of online feminist journalism—all while speaking across the country, …
December 22, 2011
“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?” These iconic words defined the McCarthyist era, in which the federal government fired thousands of employees it labeled Communists. This …
BY JULIA CALAGIOVANNI & CHAMONIX ADAMS PORTER December 20, 2011
Two Broad Recognition writers sat down with two of the women behind Want You to Want You, an anonymous collective sex-positive blog focused on the topic of female masturbation …