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Yale guard Nick Victor (21) and teammates, celebrating their Saturday win against Columbia, raise 4 fingers in reference to recently expelled captain Jack Montague. (Image via Bryan R. Smith/AP) The Yale men’s basketball team, facing controversy over various public displays of support for expelled team captain Jack Montague, has signaled a continuation of that support…
Early Monday morning, posters were seen at the entrance of Payne Whitney Gymnasium and on bulletin boards around Yale University’s campus that read “Yale Men’s Basketball: Stop Supporting a Rapist.” The posters—most of which were quickly torn down by members of the men’s basketball team—included a Yale Daily News photo of players at last Friday’s…
While checking VSB’s analytics earlier this week, I came across some demographic information that informed me we have a larger White readership than I assumed. I knew we had a good percentage, but the actual number has grown since I last checked. This (obviously) means there are quite a few White people reading this right now. And…
The men who yell repulsive things about me from their cars or on the street. The men who follow me home. The men whose hands slip up the back of my skirt as I squeeze by for a seat on the bus. The men who wave their limp, rubbery genitalia at me in broad daylight….
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz DURING oral arguments last week before the Supreme Court in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Justice Elena Kagan noted that she was struck by the clear relationship between abortion restrictions in Texas and the closing of abortion clinics. “It’s almost like the perfect controlled experiment as to the effect of the law, isn’t…
AddThis Button Begin By Julie DiCaro– (CBS) If you want proof that women remain second-class citizens in the world of sports media, look no further than the revelations emerging from the Erin Andrews trial. In July 2009, a video of a naked and unsuspecting Andrews walking around her hotel room was posted online and quickly…
After 14 years I finally reported him. In the eyes of the law, my biggest mistake was not fearing him more. Gifs by KARBORN for Backchannel Early one evening last March, my best friend saw my name pop up in a text notification on her phone. The message, which appeared to come from my gmail…
Chris Rock opened the 88th Academy Awards on ABC tonight with a bang, addressing diversity amongst the nominees pointedly and at times, brilliantly. Rock was called on to quit his hosting gig for the ceremony from some observers after the all-white list of nominees was announced by the Academy. The resulting #OscarsSoWhite conversation pushed Will…
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Milo Yiannopoulos.Photo illustration by Lisa Larson-Walker. Photo by Kmeron/LeWeb/Flickr CC. This post originally appeared on Inside Higher Ed. In a packed auditorium Wednesday, several students at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, interrupted ultradivisive conservative writer and speaker Milo Yiannopoulos with blaring air horns. Outside, more student protesters held signs reading “End rape culture”…