Cultural Critique

This Post is Not About Aziz Ansari

by Neta Meltzer Communications & Development Coordinator, CCASA     This morning, I read an opinion piece in the New York Times by a self-proclaimed feminist. In the piece, the writer, Bari Weiss, claims that…

GUEST POST: In response to ‘#MeToo’

CCASA Board Chair, Alison McCarthy, responds to #MeToo with an op-ed in the Colorado Independent.  Click here for the full story!

Idealism, Pragmatism, and Productive Anger: Activism in Troubled Times

by Neta Meltzer Communications & Development Coordinator, CCASA   I recently read a book about the animal rights movement that advocated a pragmatic approach to create social change. While the author validated the thoughts and…

Redefining Masculinity – and Being Okay With It

by Neta Meltzer Communications & Development Coordinator, CCASA   The title of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Ted-Talk-turned-book declares, “We Should All Be Feminists,” and she’s right.  We should all be feminists, all of us, whether we…

If You’re a Leader at Your Agency, This Post is For You

by Neta Meltzer Communications & Development Coordinator, CCASA   In conversation this week with my colleague, Josh, he said something that stuck with me hours after I’d left the office for the day.   “Knowledge…

13 Reasons Why Consent is Important

13 Reasons Why is a challenging show to watch. While it vividly illustrates difficult topics such as suicide and sexual assault, which serves to bring hard topics into discussion, it also risks triggering survivors of…

Ex-University of Colorado student’s sex assault sentence questioned

“We are disappointed to see, yet again, that the impact on the perpetrator, who chose to commit a crime against another person, is being considered over the impact on the victim, who did not have…

Boulder rape victim, advocates say sentencing shows too much concern for perpetrator’s future

Brie Franklin, executive director of the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault, said the judges in the Wilkerson and Turner cases showed too much concern for the perpetrators. Judges don’t make those types of considerations in…

Ex-Colorado University student spared prison for sexual assault

Brie Franklin, executive director of the Colorado Coalition against Sexual Assault, denounced the decision on Thursday.  “We have seen over and over the failure of the criminal justice system to consider the trauma and life-long…

On Naming Things

By Bethany Feret, The Blue Bench Volunteer Coordinator & CCASA Blogger The other week, I was scrolling through my facebook feed (as you do when you cannot concentrate) and came across a link titled "The Strangest…