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Read moreFIRE and SPLC File ‘Amici’ Brief for Kansas Student Expelled for Tweets
Last Monday, FIRE and the Student Press Law Center (SPLC) jointly applied for permission to file an amici curiae (friends-of-the-court) brief with the Kansas Court of Appeals in Yeasin v. University of Kansas. The brief argues that public universities cannot sacrifice the First Amendment rights of students in seeking to comply with Title IX anti-discrimination…
Read moreRuling in favor of UC student accused of sex assault could ripple across U.S.
It began as a typical college hookup: two students at UC San Diego met at a party last year, began drinking and ended up in bed. The encounter snowballed into a sexual assault complaint, university investigation and a finding that the male student should be suspended. But the accused student fought back in court and…
Read moreDave Grohl, Chad Smith and more on Ringo’s drumming
Prince begins removing his music from streaming services
Prince can do whatever he wants. The problem is: 1) No one is trying to buy his “albums” anymore 2) There are very few places to get actual CDs or LPs 3) He is living and partying as if it is 1999. The game has changed. He doesn’t have to put his music anywhere online if…
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David Byrne: Will Work for Inspiration
Excerpt: Some folks believe that hardship breeds artistic creativity. I don’t buy it. One can put up with poverty for a while when one is young, but it will inevitably wear a person down. I don’t romanticize the bad old days. I find the drop in crime over the last couple of decades refreshing. Manhattan…
Read moreWho’s Lying, Who’s Self-Justifying? Origins of the He Said/She Said Gap in Sexual Allegations
The Woody Allen sex scandal of 2013 triggered a national conversation on who to believe, with people lining up on each side as if they knew what really happened. Based on recent research on how people navigate the often tricky waters of sexual negotiation, Dr. Carol Tavris shows that it is entirely possible in…
Read moreWhat Makes a Woman?
The “I was born in the wrong body” rhetoric favored by other trans people doesn’t work any better and is just as offensive, reducing us to our collective breasts and vaginas. Imagine the reaction if a young white man suddenly declared that he was trapped in the wrong body and, after using chemicals to change…
Read moreBetter or worse?
Honest questions: Many thought things were going to get better for people who looked like the brown skinned man and his even browner skinned wife now live in the White House. Have things gotten better or is this more of the same…or have things gotten worse? Do you feel that things will get better for…
Read moreCan she consent to sex after drinking?
Can a woman consent to sex when she’s been drinking? Universities have decided that the answer is no. “We heard that students don’t understand that it is illegal to have sex with someone who is drunk because they can’t give consent,” says the Saint Mary’s task force report. Although that sentence is crafted to…
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