"To this day, I’m still waiting for Columbia University to notify former patients that a now twice-convicted sex offender worked at Columbia for 20-plus years. They’ve been saying that that’s not their responsibility, but how does that make sense?" motherjones.com/media/2023/06/…

Survivor advocates Sara Ziff and Madisyn Ritland share the power of community and how at the Model Alliance, survivors are never alone.

"Mass drownings at sea are to the EU what mass shootings are to the US" - Andrew Stroehlein "…senseless deaths in the Mediterranean Sea year in & year out … and we’re seeing policies that enable deaths rather than ensure rescue” - Judith Sunderland to BBC hrw.org/the-day-in-hum…

BREAKING: From egregious modeling agency contracts to accounts of teenage girls facing rape and life-threatening working conditions, Tatiana Siegel makes clear why NY Assembly Majority urgently needs to pass @karinesreyes87 Brad Hoylman-Sigal 🌈🥯’s #FashionWorkersAct.

This Musk-Zuckerberg cage fight thing is the definition of toxic masculinity. And these are the leaders of tech today. What else in their control is impacted by their perpetuation of harmful gender norms? (Spoiler alert: A LOT!)

"Survivors will be punished for speaking out, pushed out of school and harassed by abusers. They will develop PTSD, anxiety and depression. Waiting until October has a terrible cost. The Biden administration must not wait to reverse the Trump-era rule." — Shiwali Patel at National Women's Law Center

Almost six years after #MeToo a top DC government official subjected our client to degrading and repulsive sexual harassment. Women like our client will continue to show courage and come forward. Message to sexual harassers everywhere — stop already. It won’t end well for you.

7 Reasons So Many Guys Don’t Understand Sexual Consent A great, accessible account of how our culture socialises sexual coercion: “Forcing Yourself On Women Makes Them Love You”. “Asking Permission Is A Sign Of Weakness”. Etc. By Jason Pargin, 2016. cracked.com/blog/how-men-a…

Tired of being inundated with greenwash ads from the #LNG industry? Me too! So here's one of their ads – fixed. You're welcome 😉. Feel free to like and share.

The MeToo movement arguably got under way on March 27, 2015, when Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, a young Italian model and former Miss Italy finalist, donned a hidden microphone to record her meeting with Harvey Weinstein thetimes.co.uk/article/silvio…

Why Being a “Real Man” Will Kill You: Some men think worrying about their health or caring about climate change is feminine - or for “pussies”. These ideals of manhood are a detriment to people everywhere. By Jennifer Wright, Aug 2019. harpersbazaar.com/culture/politi…

"Stillness promotes tension. And when we hold tension in our body, we restrict our circulation, digestion, and nervous system, making it harder for our body to get nourishment." 📝 Dr. Gladys McGarey ti.me/3KyzN8Z

These e-mails between the CEO/Owner of P*rnhub/MindGeek and his executive team were uncovered in legal discovery and made available to the public yesterday in redacted form. This is the CEO/Owner discussing the fact that: 1. The official P*rnhub policy was to only review a

This #NYFW, models, actors, and allies joined together to urge New York State lawmakers who support the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America East strikes to pass the #FashionWorkersAct – a necessary step in ensuring models and content creators have basic protections and autonomy at work.

How men disappear from the problem of [men’s] “violence against women”. Jackson Katz on the passive voice: “We talk about how many women were raped last year, not about how many men raped women.” This shifts the focus from men to women. Jackson Katz impactforwomen.org.au/news--opinions…

State senator Brad Hoylman-Sigal 🌈🥯, who sponsors the #FashionWorkersAct, called models “the essential workers fuelling the industry.” He added, “Everyone should have the right to control their own image, especially when their livelihood depends on it.”

Yesterday, in honor of #BlackHistoryMonth and ahead of #NYFW, we held a press conference with supermodel Beverly Johnson – the first Black model to appear on the cover of Vogue – to shed light on the hurdles Black models face & urge lawmakers to pass the #FashionWorkersAct.

“Women apologize for being sick or seeking care or advocating for themselves,” said Dr. Elizabeth Comen, a physician and the author of a new book on the history of discrimination in women’s health care and how it affects diagnosis and treatment today. nyti.ms/49ON6fv

Witness key moments from the Climate Mobility Summit, where global leaders, experts & advocates convened to address the challenges & opportunities of climate mobility. 📽️ eek media & the Global Centre for Climate Mobility