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On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

For every story like the Cornell gang rape, there are thousands more that couldn’t make it into the light. I wrote about a few dozen of them at one university in On the Wrong Side. The university’s treatment of survivors is eerily similar to what Jane Doe at Cornell experienced.

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"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop...

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One of my goals in writing this book was to get a copy in every college library so that survivors entering the Title IX system would know what they were getting into—and be able to use that knowledge however they wanted. But a lot of schools banned the book.

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While we’re talking about campus sexual violence, I want to revisit the recent history of a topic where we have seen some of the biggest backslides: Expelling rapists from school.

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you’re a survivor who wants your rapist removed from whatever social institution introduced you, that’s an okay thing to want. A lot of other survivors want it too. And in a different timeline, there wouldn’t be so many people shaming you for saying it out loud.

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I spoke to @usatoday.com about data on sexual violence at Cornell. Victimization rates are increasing and reporting rates are falling. “Together… those two trendlines tell me that all students, including victims and perpetrators, believe that there is impunity for sexual assault at Cornell.”

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Cornell rarely expels students in sex assault cases | Exclusive

A third of undergraduate women say they've been sexually assaulted. But on average, Cornell reported expelling just one attacker per year.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

These men make me feel sick to my stomach. Men like Michael Tracey and the rape-defending scum of the earth on that website need to burn in hell. I just hope she’s safe. Fuck.

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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If rapists actually faced consequences for their actions we wouldn’t have nearly as many rapists. In reality many rapists actually benefit from their actions

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Seeing people post about how unfair the “mob justice” against the Cornell rapists is doesn’t really move me when there is no justice for survivors. The system doesn’t work; it enacts further punishment on the victims. Society is even crueler. So spare me the “mob justice” rhetoric about the accused

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

How is it possible that we’re still here twelve years later

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

beyond disgusting to punch down at the victim of an hours-long gang rape, nitpick at fundamentally irrelevant details & ignore how the men's own statements don't make any sense, are completely inconsistent/defy all logic. victims are the only ones who are supposed to be perfect

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is why more women don't come forward, and why more rapists aren't jailed. Because mostly-male cops and prosecutors find it more believable that a 20-yr-old would want to have sex with a room full of fraternity brothers than accept she was raped. What ever happened to common fucking sense?

Carrying That Weight—Again

I can’t stop thinking about the Cornell rape case

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m genuinely worried that he weakened her civil case with this statement out of petty fury that he’s rightfully getting heat for not pressing charges against rapists. He clearly isn’t interested in seeing her succeed and he basically called her a liar—a huge gift to the civil defense

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Goals and ambitions may become impossible to achieve. Timelines and hopes for the future may be derailed. At scale, college sexual abuse is a systemic force to prevent women and marginalized victims from having the same opportunities, health, and happiness as predominantly male perpetrators.

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Just a remember of what rape can entail after the fact: permanent psychological damage. Permanent physical damage and disability. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical care, relocation fees, lost work, lost educational opportunity. A marred reputation. Broken trust, lost relationships.

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What about her future? What about how hard she worked to be there? What is to become of her life now? What process of justice could possibly right these wrongs? And how much more will she lose in the process of trying to get it? How much more of this are we all supposed to tolerate?

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This young woman dropped out of college after being raped by multiple men for hours until she passed out. She alleges they forced her to snort drugs off their genitalia during the act. But they’re bright young upstanding fraternity men with promising futures, right?

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This is always how it goes. The accused are allowed to ruthlessly and relentlessly smear the victims while engaging in a supposedly fair and just legal process that retraumatizes and creates fresh trauma for victims who are already supposed life altering, sometimes permanent consequences of rape

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Another man accused, Scott Norris, denies that he partook in sexual misconduct but acknowledges in his own statement that misconduct took place. The men are already contradicting each other but I doubt any of them will be held accountable for making false statements while accusing the survivor of it

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One of the Cornell students accused of gang rape, Scott Kretzschmar, denies it and says through his attorney that they are going to “confront” the survivor through the court system. I can already tell you that means victim-blaming, DARVO, and smears. She is going to need a lot more of our support.

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I think its important to understand the campus sexual assault crisis is way worse than you think. universities suspend just 1/12,400 students each year for sexual misconduct & expel 1/22,900. once you read title ix administrators in their own words, you get a sense why that is:

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Not Only Do Campus Sexual Assailants Go Unpunished, They Often Get Special Treatment

Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

After forcing S to give birth, the state has left her and her 2 children to fend for themselves, through insecure employment, 5 a.m. breathalyzer tests, & constant court appearances and surveillance. Please donate to support her family if you can:

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Donate to Support a single mom forced by her county to give birth, organized by Abortion in America

My name is Aimee Cunningham and I’m proud to serve as board c… Abortion in America needs your support for Support a single mom forced by her county to give birth

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Abortion, Every Day spoke to a woman whose state refused to let her cross state lines for an abortion. Don’t tell me Republicans will never criminalize travel—they already do. Pieces like this make me so proud to work with @kylietcheung.bsky.social

She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave

Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

As a teen, S faced a felony charge over a vape pen. 5 years later, that charge—& the routine dehumanization of navigating the criminal legal system—would trap S in her anti-abortion state & force her to give birth. For some groups, abortion travel bans are already here—we just don’t call them that:

She Wanted An Abortion. The State Wouldn’t Let Her Leave

Travel bans are already here—we just don’t talk about them

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Greer Donley @greerdonley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In the 4 years since Dobbs, 16 abortion-hostile states have changed their legal definition of "abortion." In my new paper with Caroline Kelly, Abortion Disorientation Redux, we code & dissect every state's abortion definition & how it has changed since Dobbs. 🧵 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Abortion Disorientation Redux

<div> In 2024, we published Abortion Disorientation in the Duke Law Journal. It uncovered how states were changing their legal definition of abortion in the fi

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Robin LeBlanc, from work @robinfromwork.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Wild to think that there's a whole generation that doesn't know about putting your furry OCs in 9/11 tributes

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 09/09/2026

Normally we'd expect an awful decision from the 5th Circuit, which is overall the most conservative federal appeals court. But we might actually get an ok one! Either way, there will be no changes to access as a result of this case until the Supreme Court has the final say. More background:

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Supreme Court Maintains Mifepristone Access, But Thomas Calls for Comstock Act Prosecutions

The good news is that nothing changes today. The bad news is that access to mifepristone isn’t safe.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing oral arguments this morning in FDA v. Louisiana—the biggest challenge to abortion rights since the end of Roe. @kylietcheung.bsky.social are hanging out on a live chat to answer questions and shoot the shit. Join us rn:

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Jessica Valenti in Abortion, Every Day

The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals will be hearing oral arguments in the mifepristone case (Louisiana v. FDA) Wednesday starting at 10am ET. The ongoing federal lawsuit is one of the largest challenges...

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

All the cruel disinfo campaigns re: Lindsay Clancy are part and parcel of a broader right-wing political project to erase how inherently dangerous pregnancy can be even under the best circumstances—to concede this would be to concede that abortion bans endanger our lives:

The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War

Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I just published an uncharacteristically long piece on what conservatives' response to the Lindsay Clancy case really means. I hope you'll take the time to read it—I think it's important

The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War

Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Conservatives have a major political interest in rejecting Lindsay Clancy’s legal defense. If they concede postpartum psychosis is real, they’ll also have to admit that pregnancy and childbirth are dangerous for women’s mental health. And that could take down their abortion politics entirely

The Real Stakes of the Lindsay Clancy Gender War

Conservatives are using a Massachusetts murder case to argue for an end to women’s voting rights

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It’s pretty blackpilling that Republicans are actively trying their best to destroy the world and the biggest media outlets in the U.S. (in some cases owned by said Republicans) are making shit up about progressives instead of covering it. We need to replace that whole media ecosystem

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Must-read piece from @kylietcheung.bsky.social: Mike Mazzei is likely to become the nation’s first sitting governor to openly endorse jailing abortion patients

The Likely Next Oklahoma Gov. Wants to Jail Abortion Patients

Mike Mazzei would be the nation’s first openly ‘abolitionist’ governor

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Read @kylietcheung.bsky.social on Daisy Chain Fields, along with reactions from other writers, activists & Abortion, Every Day readers 🌼

Daisy Chain Reminds Us Feminism Has Always Been Cool

Reflections on Olivia Rodrigo’s iconic festival

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wrote about Daisy Chain Fields and the cultural implications of the biggest Gen Z pop star in the industry unapologetically embracing feminism—at a time when young women are being implicitly and explicitly told that fighting for our rights is ‘cringe,’ in Abortion, Every Day :)

Daisy Chain Reminds Us Feminism Has Always Been Cool

Reflections on Olivia Rodrigo’s iconic festival

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

me at the Happiest Place on Earth (daisy chain fields)

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It’s not a crime—in any state—to take abortion pills. Yet a North Carolina teenager was arrested & charged last week with using the medication as a “deadly weapon.” You can donate towards her legal costs, here: www.gofundme.com/f/no-one-sho...

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Donate to No one should be criminalized for having an abortion., organized by Kelsea McLain

We are Triangle Abortion Access Coalition and we are hoping to r… Kelsea McLain needs your support for No one should be criminalized for having an abortion.

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Kylie Cheung @kylietcheung.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

No one should be criminalized for taking abortion pills—which isn't a crime in any state. Yet an 18-year-old girl in North Carolina was arrested & jailed within days of going to labor for using a so-called deadly weapon: abortion pills. You can support a fundraiser for her legal costs, here:

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Donate to No one should be criminalized for having an abortion., organized by Kelsea McLain

We are Triangle Abortion Access Coalition and we are hoping to r… Kelsea McLain needs your support for No one should be criminalized for having an abortion.

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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A teenager in North Carolina has been arrested for assault with a "deadly weapon" after taking abortion medication. @kylietcheung.bsky.social has been doing such an incredible job with these pieces on post-Dobbs criminalization