UP IN THE AIR
In an excerpt from Controlled, Neesha Arter describes a torturous flight home from Texas, where—unbeknownst to anyone aboard—two men had raped her days before.
Neesha Arter is a journalist and author in New York City. Her memoir, CONTROLLED, will be published in August 2015 by Heliotrope Books. Her work has appeared in The New York Observer, New York Magazine, Interview, and Teen Vogue.
RAPE CULTURE
A new documentary explores the first successful prosecution of rape as a war crime—the Rwanda genocide. Will the victims of ISIS and Boko Haram be next?
Courageous
A powerful new play on the 2012 gang rape and murder of an Indian student showcases actresses who have survived sexual violence in their own lives.
Nirbhaya’s Legacy
World attention on India’s rape epidemic has waned since the infamous killing of Jyoti Singh, but the country’s sexual violence crisis continues unabated.
SURVIVORS
A new documentary follows two activists around the country as they talk to fellow survivors about the trauma of rape and the triumph of survival.