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Give a Woman an Inch, She’ll Take a Penis

Backlash and the fragility of privilege

January 19, 2018 • by Katie Gentile

On February 8, 2018, The New School will host an event entitled "Sexual Harassment and Assault: Eros, Power, Violation, and Consent." Psychologist Jeremy Safran will moderate a panel featuring Lew Aron and Adrienne Harris from NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, Katie Gentile from John Jay College of Criminal ...

Give a Woman an Inch, She’ll Take a Penis

American Politics and its Commitment to Oppression

November 3, 2016 • by Kye Barker

The most disturbing trend of 2016 has been the progressive revelation of cruelty in American political life. As someone who has always believed in the kindness and generosity of Americans, I have found this extremely difficult to acknowledge. I'm not only thinking of the Trump campaign, which seems to have, ...