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Tagged with: Sexual Assault

Power, corruption, and lust: A timely ‘Tosca’ at SF Opera

Shawna Lucey has strong feeling about Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca, which she directs for the San Francisco Opera October 3-30.  “It’s the perfect opera,” she said. “It’s...

Big donor supports GOP Senate campaign, Lindsey Graham … and Jessica Ho, Sonja Trauss, and Christine Johnson

In the wake of the horrifying Kavanaugh hearings, it seems likely most San Franciscans are hoping that the GOP loses control of both the...

Rape Culture and the Kavanaugh hearings

The Brett Kavanaugh hearing yesterday showed that even during a period of heightened public consciousness around sexual assault, rape culture wins out. Rape culture is...

The case for another Rape Treatment Center in SF

On May 18th, Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) re-introduced the Survivors’ Access to Supportive Care Act after a failed attempt...

Homelessness and sexual violence

When you walk down the street in San Francisco, it is clear that homelessness is one of our most pressing issues. Yet sexual assault...

SF moves—finally—toward a survivor-centered policy on sexual assault

The Board of Supervisors Rules Committee approved Wednesday a plan for a new agency to oversee the city’s response to sexual assault and sexual...

Screen Grabs: Hot docs, silent classics, Bergman at 100 …

SCREEN GRABS Summer may have (let’s hope) arrived at last, but don’t let that stop you from staying indoors—particularly as two of the city’s most...

Chilean feminists take over 14 university campuses in response to accusations of sexual assault

LETTER FROM CHILE Our friends were late to meet us at an art opening on May 11th in Santiago, Chile. They had a good...

Supes asked to allow condos where centenarian was evicted

The owners of a Page Street building who evicted a centenarian who died shortly after losing her home are asking the Board of Supes to...

Police accountability bill passes key state Senate committee

A bill that would open some disciplinary records of police officers accused to serious misconduct cleared a key state Senate committee last week after...