In this episode, host Sarah Banet-Weiser talks with McGill researchers Carrie Rentschler and Emily Colpitts about how attitudes against gender-based violence (GBV) are changing. They examine how colleges respond to sexual violence on campus, and how student activism plays into university policy. They also discuss the intersection of social media in preventing GBV — and whether such technology can truly disrupt systems of sexual violence. 

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Featuring

Sarah Banet-Weiser

Carrie Rentschler

Emily Colpitts

Sponsor:

Annenberg Center for Collaborative Communication

More from the host & speakers: 

Sarah Banet-Weiser

Distinguished Professor; Professor | Annenberg School for Communication; Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism 

University of Pennsylvania; University of Southern California

Twitter - @sbanetweiser

Carrie Rentschler

Associate Professor | Department of Art History & Communication Studies

McGill University 

Twitter - @RentschlerC

Emily Colpitts

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Art History & Communication Studies

McGill University 

Twitter - @emcolpitts

Works referenced in episode: 

Mitchell, C., & Rentschler, C. (2016). Girlhood and the Politics of Place (p. 354). Berghahn Books.

Rentschler, C. A. (2011). Second wounds: Victims’ rights and the media in the US. Duke University Press.

Copy and Audio Editors:

Lucia Barnum

Kate In