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Unscared

Film
By Jessica Watkins | June 11, 2021
By Jessica Watkins | June 11, 2021

Unscared

Comedian Jessica Watkins on how a radio DJ's flip comment made her choose to reveal a deeply personal detail of her past in her doc SPECIALish.

Making Amends

Film
By Melissa Stephens | February 25, 2020
By Melissa Stephens | February 25, 2020

Making Amends

Writer-director-actor Melissa Stephens on the very personal motivation that drove her to make her new short film, Travis.

How I Made a Feature Film About Rape in Just Nine Shots

Film
By Kaouther Ben Hania | March 20, 2018
By Kaouther Ben Hania | March 20, 2018

How I Made a Feature Film About Rape in Just Nine Shots

Tunisian writer-director Kaouther Ben Hania on the intricate and exhausting process of making her new movie, Beauty and the Dogs.

Why Women Need to Tell Rape Stories

Film
By Natalia Leite | November 8, 2017
By Natalia Leite | November 8, 2017

Why Women Need to Tell Rape Stories

Director Natalia Leite scrutinizes the rape-revenge genre, and questions why these films are always made by men …

Bree McKenna (Tacocat, Childbirth) Points out the Sad Irony Inherent in the Attacks Against Brock Turner’s Friend

Music
By Bree Mckenna | June 10, 2016
By Bree Mckenna | June 10, 2016

Bree McKenna (Tacocat, Childbirth) Points out the Sad Irony Inherent in the Attacks Against Brock Turner’s Friend

The situation caused her to think of her own music community and how it mishandles the subject of rape.

Esmé Patterson Plans to Celebrate the Swedish Heroes of the Stanford Rape Case on Stage

Music
By Esmé Patterson | June 10, 2016
By Esmé Patterson | June 10, 2016

Esmé Patterson Plans to Celebrate the Swedish Heroes of the Stanford Rape Case on Stage

Two bicycles, to her, represent love and light in the darkness.

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