Understanding rape culture through media

Nicole Bedera on the Cornell 7, Title IX, and How Universities Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence

Sociologist Nicole Bedera joins co-hosts V.V Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell to talk about the Cornell 7 and her book, On the Wrong Side: How Universites Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence. She explains how the Cornell case, in

Fraternity life has gone too far into the deep end

Over the last couple of years and especially now in 2026, fraternities have been under a microscope due to multiple criminal incidents happening around these groups across the United States. From hazing, to keeping pledges in basements covered in alcohol, condoning rape and drugging, fraternities have long lost the point of what they were originally...

Relax, Pal: Frat culture and desensitization

When did rape and hazing lose their shock value? For the past month, every video on TikTok and Instagram feeds has been about either the sexual assault at Cornell University or the hazing incident at the University of Wisconsin, where pledges were found half-naked in a dingy basement covered in food and condiments. Students scroll past videos about gang rape, and then two videos later find an edit glorifying frat culture as a “bro-ish” aesthetic…

Understanding rape culture through media

Content warning: this article includes discussion of sexual violence. On Sept. 14, Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit alleging that Cornell University protected seven men who she claims drugged and […]