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Roll Red Roll: Sexual Assault Does Not Just Go Away, Neither Should This Story

June 16, 2019 by Amy Jussel Leave a Comment

June 16, 2019 “I can’t wait for this story to go away…” is uttered by a radio personality towards the end of the film Roll Red Roll, the true crime documentary exposing over 400 texts and digital data loops of evidence in the 2012 rape case involving small town football all-stars amidst the “Go Red” fan furor Steubenville, Ohio. As much as this very human reaction to trauma … [Read more...]

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Public Health: DV Grammys, Too Short Of A Memory, Sexualization

February 29, 2012 by Amy Jussel 16 Comments

Update Feb. 12, 2016 With the 2016 Grammys coming up this weekend, I wanted to add two posts by the author of The Achilles Effect and Boys, Sex & Media as a ponderable question about what we're choosing to honor and award with media messaging and masculinity. Without vilifying an entire genre, specific artist, or lyrics lens (not interested in uncorking a censorship convo; … [Read more...]

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