
How to Give to MESA in Your Will
Donating to charitable organizations is one of the best ways to live your values and transform the lives of future generations. By extending your philanthropy in your will, you can continue helping the causes you care about most and leave a…

Is the Louis CK Apology any Different?
Just a few of the powerful men in Hollywood accused of sexual assault or harassment. Twenty-six. I did some research to get the number right, though I'm sure it has risen by now. As I…

Untangling Kevin Spacey’s Apology
Amid the deluge of high-profile disclosures of sexual assault and harassment experienced at the hands of the upper echelons of Hollywood come more stories of sexual misconduct from Kevin Spacey. Many of these disclosures come from male-identified…

Title IX 101 – What’s All the Fuss About?
Title IX has received a lot of attention recently. Since the law impacts educational institutions and students across the nation, it is worth taking a closer look at what Title IX is, how it has been used in the past, and what has changed under…

Sexual Harassment in the Media: What is Silencing Victims?
With the recent exposure of high profile celebrities and executives being accused of sexual harassment and abuse, the topic of harassment in the workplace is at the forefront. Celebrities and other influential figures have opened the conversation…

A Second Look at #MeToo
Part call to action, part show of solidarity, the recent trending of #MeToo serves as a rallying cry to draw attention to the pervasiveness of sexual violence and sexual harassment. The hashtag not only calls attention to the widespread impact…

Beyond the End of Rape
When a child enacts an undesirable behavior, asking them to just stop said behavior is often dismally ineffective. Instead, if the child is playing with something dangerous, you might offer them a safer toy. We’re more likely to get the behavior…

«What Do You Do?»
“So what do you do?” This seems like a straightforward, get-to-know you question that ideally leads to further conversation, and has even been recommended as a networking strategy because follow-up questions along this line give the other…

Ending Racism is Necessary to End Sexual Violence
The work of ending sexual violence is fundamentally connected to the work of ending racism because both share the same foundation: privilege and oppression. Before digging into this topic a bit deeper, it might be helpful to define these terms…

Policing the Female Body: The Dress Code
From pre-K to the working world, our bodies are guided and governed by an ever-changing but ever-present set of rules: the dress code.When students are as young as kindergarten, around six years old, they are already told what they can and…