Academics Against Assault (AAA) is a student-led campaign fighting for better education regarding consent, and for a university culture where sexual assault survivors feel seen, heard and supported.
The survivor instinct to stay quiet after sexual trauma is often misread as strength or detachment, when in reality, it’s self-preservation. What happens to intimacy when the cost of being understood feels higher than the cost of being alone? And what does connection look like for survivors of sexual assault, when every disclosure feels like a risk?
For female students, the university campus can be a dangerous place, as more than two-thirds of them have experienced sexual violence.
Finally, Keir Starmer is pledging to make spiking a criminal offence in the UK, in another of Labour’s bids to crack down on violence against women and girls.
The overwhelming pressure to live “the best years of your life” at university is hard to achieve when a sexual violence epidemic sweeps across campuses.
The Women's March: One year on
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Artefact takes a look at what prompted the original Women’s March and what has changed one year on.
Holding artists to account
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Sexual assault allegations have been made about several prominent media figures, so can we separate the art from the artist?
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Is there any point in reporting sexual harassment in London?
The consent project: no means no
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A new educational group aims to change the perception of sexual consent, starting with teenagers.