Cornell reminds us that the root of women’s heteropessimism is fear

Today we're talking about the emerging feminist response to the Cornell rape case online, from urging moms to do better at raising boys to banning frats to getting glocks.

Women are exhausted, angry, and heartbroken by this latest example of men’s institutionalized violence against women—not to mention the total lack of accountability the case highlights. In this episode, we get into what happens to our bodies during these cycles of outrage, what this case brings up for us as elder millennials who have seen cases like this before, what this moment tells us about heterosexuality feminism, and how pop culture is fueling another Me Too movement.

We also highlight the misinformation that has been circulating in the media about the Cornell case, and talk about what these inaccuracies reveal about the persistence of rape culture today—years after we apparently cancelled that very term.

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