Scottish Parliament passed a bill on March 3 that would provide free menstrual products to all. Scotland is the first country to pass a law mandating free menstrual products and…
Community speaks out on sexual assault
The Women’s Resource Center capped off its annual Sexual Assault Awareness Month calendar of events with Take Back the Night: We Are Worthy 2019 on April 26. The event took…
Solidarity for survivors
Illuminate—Portland State’s interpersonal violence advocacy group—hosted a rally in the Park Blocks on April 24 as part of sexual assault awareness month. Take Back the Night: We Are Worthy 2019…
PSU Legal Services calls for decriminalization of sex work
Portland State’s student legal services hosted two speakers from PSU on April 16 to discuss the wide-reaching and potentially harmful implications of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and Stop…
Dominance, power and sexual violence: ‘Redefining Masculinity’
Portland State’s Women’s Resource Center took a critical stance on the dynamics of power and privilege in masculinity during a “Redefining Masculinity” event on April 16 in the Peter W….
Rape Myths Through Time
Dana Macaulay, assistant dean of student life, led a roundtable conversation covering rape myths spanning the 1950s through the 2000s on April 3 at the Women’s Resource Center. The conversation…
Events Calendar April 2–8
Tuesday, April 2 Art “Every Measure of Zero” Upfor Gallery Tue–Sat: 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and by appointment, through April 27 Free Ronny Quevado’s first solo exhibition found its inspiration from…
Events Calendar March 5–March 11
Tuesday, March 5 Art “Forty by Forty: Paintings from Mother Winter” Powell’s City of Books (Downtown) 9 a.m.–11 p.m. through March 31 Free To celebrate the start of Women’s History…
QSL draft resolution sent back to committee
A resolution to preserve the quiet study lounge drafted by the University Affairs Committee was sent back for revisions by the Associated Students of Portland State University senate Feb. 18….
WRC poised to replace Quiet Study lounge without student approval
A decision to begin the process of moving Portland State’s Women’s Resource Center to the fourth floor of Smith Memorial Student Union is getting pushback from SMSU’s Advisory Board and…
Sex workers raise concerns over bill targeting sex trafficking
Sex workers in Portland and across the country are continuing to grapple with the consequences of two controversial anti-sex trafficking bills that sailed through Congress and were signed in April…