In the Press
Below is an archive of select articles and videos for which I have been interviewed, quoted, and/or featured by various media outlets.
Digital and Print Media
2020 Feature: “Un future sans police est-il possible?” 18 June. Vice France. https://www.vice.com/fr/article/g5pvaq/un-futur-sans-police-est-il-possible?utm_source=vicefrtw
2018 Commentator: “Preckwinkle Fundraising Email Seeks to Capitalize on Cyntoia Brown Case,” The Chicago Reader. 20 December. https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/preckwinkle-fundraising-email-seeks-to-capitalize-on-cyntoia-brown-case/Content?oid=65441729
2018 Feature: “After 1 year of #MeToo, Are Reporters Handling the Topic Responsibly?” Newsy. 11 October. https://journaltimes.com/news/national/after-1-year-of-metoo-are-reporters-handling-the-topic-responsibly/html_f254d895-99ab-5cf8-bb05-769f9e01527f.html
2017 Feature: “These Chicago Activists Are Making Soccer More Inclusive for POC and LGBTQ+ Athletes.” Remezcla. 10 May. http://remezcla.com/features/sports/chicago-soccer-feminist-lgbtq/
2017 Feature: “The Future is Female. So How Do We Get There? Four Badass Women Discuss How Intersectionality Will Save the Feminist Movement.” The Chicago Reader. 23 March. https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/feminism-discussion-womanism-donald-trump-hillary-clinton/Content?oid=25954525
2017 Quoted In: “Covering Sexual Assault,” Niemen Reports. 17 March. https://niemanreports.org/articles/covering-sexual-assault/
2017 Feature: “12 activists, artists, writers, thinkers, and troublemakers on their 2017 political resolutions,” Splinter. 1 January. https://splinternews.com/12-activists-artists-writers-thinkers-and-troublema-1793857980
2016 Quoted In: “Voices: What the Media Got Wrong About Amy Schumer’s Book,” USA Today. 18 August. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2016/08/18/amy-schumer-book-rape-media/88956792/
2015 Feature: “Is Public Forgiveness Possible for Men Accused of Violence Against Women,” The Guardian. 2 September. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/sep/02/pubic-forgiveness-dr-dre-josh-duggar-ray-rice
2014 Quoted In: “Why It’s So Hard to Write About Rape,” The Nation. 11 December. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/why-its-so-hard-write-about-rape/
2013 Quoted In: “The Story is the Survivor: Reporting on Sexual Assault,” Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma. 18 July. https://dartcenter.org/blog/story-is-about-survivor-reporting-on-sexual-assault
Podcasts
2017 Commentator: “Beyond Punishment: The Movement for Transformative Justice,” Rustbelt Radio. 10 July. https://rustbeltradio.org/2017/07/10/ep07/
Public Radio
2018 Commentator: “Council of Feminist Thought talks Kavanaugh allegations + split between Rose MacGowan & Asia Argento,” iHeart Radio and Vocalo. 18 September. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-the-council-53354902/episode/council-of-feminist-thought-talks-kavanaugh-53372196/
2018 Commentator: “Betty Jo Shelby Teaching A Class on ‘Surviving the Aftermath’.” 31 August. Chicago Public Radio. https://soundcloud.com/vocalos-morning-amp/peace-council-comeback-metoo
2017 Commentator: “Blue Lives Matter, Freedom Square and Freddie Grey.” Chicago Public Radio. 29 July. https://soundcloud.com/vocalo/homansquareandgray
2017 Commentator: “New Chicago Police Department Use-Of-Force Policy and Why We Should be Concerned.” Chicago Public Radio. 9 March. http://vocalo.org/post/158968010496/sam-kirk-iamsamkirk-is-a-multidisciplinary
2016 Commentator: “New Hate Crime Laws and the Surveillance of Black Communities.” Chicago Public Radio. 2 June. https://soundcloud.com/vocalo/surveillance-of-black-communities
2016 Commentator: “How Public Outrage and Media Coverage Affect the Stanford Rape Case.” The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC. June 16. https://www.wnyc.org/story/dayna-evans-claudia-garcia-rojas-stanford-rape
Television
2020 Commentator: “#KnowYoureWrong –– On Kobe Bryant’s Death and Past Sexual Assault Allegations,” La Vida Baseball. 28 January. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMNvKy3d2Lw
2019 Commentator: “#KnowYoureWrong –– Why Are 90% of People Who Report on Sports Men?,” La Vida Baseball. 3 October. https://twitter.com/LaVidaBaseball/status/1179807072160014336
2018 Commentator: “Chicago Mayoral Candidate Toni Preckwinkle Apologizes For Fundraising Fiasco,” ABC 7. 21 December. https://abc7chicago.com/toni-preckwinkle-cyntoia-brown-mayor-lori-lightfoot/4944659/
2014 Commentator: “Why I Stayed: The Challenges and Choices Facing Domestic Violence Victims,” Al Jazeera: The Stream. 16 September. https://www.aljazeera.com/program/episode/2014/9/16/whyistayed-the-challenges-and-choices-facing-domestic-violence-victims/