Show Notes
Why do institutions continue to excuse and protect male violence? Elise and Jena sit down with gender and politics writer Andrea Gonzalez-Ramirez, of New York Magazine’s The Cut, to discuss institutional power and why systems continue failing to hold sexual aggressors and abusers accountable. She explains the reason why it feels like #metoo never happened, and the research-backed steps to make societies safer for everyone.
Mentioned in this episode
Congress.gov: Epstein Files Transparency Act II
Telegraph: Democrats Begin Leaking Names from Epstein Files
CNN on Instagram: Ossoff and Rogers clash over Epstein files
NBC News: Trump Protester Attacked in ‘Senseless’ Political Violence
The Guardian: Leon Botstein Forced to Resign
InStyle: Sarah Ferguson Stripped of Charitable Honor
People: Carole Radziwill addresses Maxwell friendship
Vulture: Carole Radziwill has more to say on the Epstein files
The Cut: Andrea Gonzalez-Ramirez
The Cut: The Student Journalists Who Broke the Cornell Rape Case
EFBC: Trumpworld’s Other Sex Trafficking Scandal (Andrew Tate episode)
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
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