After studying dozens of sexual assault cases, it is clear to me that the "he said/she said" aspect is a big part… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Agree Copy Share Image
Believe women first. I think this is very important. We must believe women first, and if the evidence truly stacks against them… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Believe Copy Share Image
It's true that a dangerous combination of certainty and ignorance often shows up around sex and consent on campus. People on all… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Certainty Copy Share Image
Let's reach the students who will abide by a "yes means yes" standard in sexual behavior and reeducate them to use it.… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Beautiful Copy Share Image
I make a strong case for poor sexual communication as the root cause of some assaults. I say some assaults because we… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Communication Copy Share Image
Students at residential universities often live together and spend time on activities that aren't connected with the university. Then, should the university's… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Arguing Copy Share Image
An interesting reversal is happening right now. The college women who kicked all this off have been superseded in the mainstream media… — Vanessa Grigoriadis College Copy Share Image
If we agree that universities need to monitor sexual violence in various locations, and that they will require students to hew to… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Agree Copy Share Image
I finally stopped fretting and tried to think of Donald Trump's election as an opportunity. I didn't shift my thesis but I… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Awakening Copy Share Image
I'm a staunch believer in the effect of pop culture - including advertising and the internet - on the young. Pop culture… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Advertising Copy Share Image
Once Donald Trump announced that Betsy DeVos was going to be his Education Secretary - a few months before I finished the… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Barack Copy Share Image
I also believe that upending ingrained ideas about what assault is a gun to the head, a stranger, a parking lot and… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Assault Copy Share Image
Harvey Weinstein is a monster. And what campus victims are talking about has a lot more gray in it - many more… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Complexity Copy Share Image
I think the better question is: How do we want sexual mores to shift, and what will that do for the American… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Consensual Copy Share Image
We need new cultural scripts. Women don't say what we want, and we don't say what we don't want. Unless we're reacting… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Feminism Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I try to be as fact-based and objective as possible, though I'm also aware that objectivity is an illusion.… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Activist Copy Share Image
I don't think we get the degree to which technological mediums like Snapchat and Instagram are also changing our relationships. I think… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Change Copy Share Image
A refusal of shame about sexual assault and the prioritization of speaking your mind while using your real name - instead of… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Journalist Copy Share Image
Colleges are a unique space in our culture. They're a temporary constellation of humans, like a workplace. And the rules about sexual… — Vanessa Grigoriadis College Copy Share Image
In terms of activism, the Trump-era transformation of news into entertainment has had a deep effect on the way that collegiate politics… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Activism Copy Share Image
Regarding punishment, we've learned from the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and other famous men not only that times have changed, but also… — Vanessa Grigoriadis Bathroom Copy Share Image
