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VAWA Reauthorization—It’s More Than Politics

VAWA Reauthorization—It’s More Than Politics Caitlin Pratt* The keynote speaker at this year’s Harvard Journal of Law and Gender symposium, Transcending Barriers: Strategies for Change in Transgender...

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“I’m Only Gonna Tell You This One More Time:” Lessons from Ann Scales

Jean Strout* When Ann Scales passed away on June 24, 2012, the world lost a great feminist and a great lawyer.  One of her legacies is that the two need not be mutually exclusive.  * * * Online payday...

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A Response to Laurie Scrage’s “Is Forced Fatherhood Fair?”

By Jean Strout On June 12, 2013, feminist scholar Laurie Scrage published an opinion piece in the New York Times decrying “forced fatherhood” as an injustice.[1] In her piece, Scrage supports child...

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Rape Victims Suffer due to Lack of Protections in Article 32 Hearings

Christina Gilligan*                                   “Were you wearing a bra?” “Were you wearing underwear?” “Did you feel like a ho the next day?” “How wide do you open your mouth during oral sex?”...

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Gender and Garment Work: The Rana Plaza Disaster

Alysa Harder* When Rana Plaza collapsed outside Dhaka on April 24 of this year, the building didn't discriminate; it simply crumbled, burying everyone inside and killing 1,129 in the world's deadliest...

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B.H. v. Easton Area School District: The Third Circuit Hearts Boobies, But...

How Labeling Terms for Women’s Body Parts “Vulgar” Can Impede Education and Advocacy for Women’s Health Issues By Jillian Stonecipher[1] The Third Circuit recently decided that the First Amendment...

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Reflections on the Colloquium: Detainment, Detention, and Imprisonment: State...

Reflections on the Colloquium: Detainment, Detention, and Imprisonment: State Authority Over Marginalized LGBT Communities By Caroline ’17 There is perhaps no word that more strongly connotes academia...

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