• The Steubenville Rape Case Is Closed, but What About Sexual Assault in College?

    Parlour Magazine‘s Nakia D. Hansen explains why she’s so enraged by what appears to be a trend in the U.S. of universities failing to put proper procedures in place to prevent sexual assault in the first place, investigate claims of sexual assault, protect and support victims and hold perpetrators accountable. Ladies, I’m sorry to have…

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  • Stop the Scare Tactics: I'll Get Pregnant When I Want

    In response to seemingly ubiquitous fertility threats, Parlour magazine‘s Nakia D. Hansen offers facts. Is it just me or are a lot of prime time television shows airing episodes where a female character is struck deaf and dumb by the loud ticking of her biological clock? Has this always been a go-to plot contrivance or…

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  • Is Teen Violence the New Normal?

    Parlour Magazine‘s Nakia D. Hansen says that a recent case brings up concerns about what we’re teaching young people about healthy relationships. Tony Farmer, a top basketball recruit out of Ohio, was recently sentenced to three years in prison for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, Andrea Lane. Footage of Farmer, who pled guilty to robbery, kidnapping, felonious…

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