by Sarah Beaulieu | Jan 15, 2018 | Mini Truth Bombs, Sexual Violence, Sexual Violence in the News
As the names come forward – today, Aziz Ansari, tomorrow, a new one – it’s the same formula. A story about an incident. Some backlash or dismissing. Some condescending reminders that sexual violence is wrong. And then a new story breaks. The relentless focus on the...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Apr 8, 2015 | Sexual Violence in the News
While dangerous to compare different types of tragedy, sometimes our response to one kind of trauma can inform our response to another. Last week, a graduate student at my alma mater – Brown University – committed suicide by jumping to his death from the 12th floor of...
by Sarah Beaulieu | Oct 25, 2013 | Sexual Violence in the News
Trauma has been in the news lately. We just passed the 6-month anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Aurora, and ongoing coverage of returning veterans facing PTSD, so there has been extensive coverage about...
