Tag: survivor support

“It’s just a joke” What happens when sexual assault becomes the punchline?

Written by Maria Villegas on August 12, 2026. Posted in Blog. No Comments on “It’s just a joke” What happens when sexual assault becomes the punchline?

By: Sylvie Kamb, I Have The Right To Intern

“It’s just a joke”– the phrase has become commonplace across Gen Z spaces. Games like Five Nights at Epstein’s are emerging, and P Diddy has been a punchline for years. Yet, when you hear these kinds of inhumane jokes that leave a pit in your stomach, criticism is immediately followed by “don’t get all woke; we’re just kidding.” Gen Z is seemingly entranced with this type of ‘dark humor’, sexual assault being the newest punchline. But these jokes are more than just dark humor—they’ve become commonplace as a modern propaganda technique.

Who Gets Humanized?

Written by Maria Villegas on August 11, 2026. Posted in Blog. No Comments on Who Gets Humanized?

By: Siena Leis, I Have The Right To Intern

In January 2015, a 22-year-old Chanel Miller was sexually assaulted outside a Stanford fraternity party after blacking out. For years, she was publicly identified as “Emily Doe” while her case moved through trial, conviction, and a sentencing that gained national attention. While I was too young to hear about this while it happened, my mother remembers it viscerally. She was always shocked by the media’s stories, and by how insensitive they could be. In 2019, she published her memoir under her real name.

What Take Back the Night Teaches Us About Survivor Support and Campus Sexual Violence Prevention

Written by Maria Villegas on May 15, 2026. Posted in Blog.

By: Colleen Finn, I Have The Right To Intern

Assumption University’s student wellness club, PAWS, held its annual Take Back the Night event on October fifteenth. At this event, student representatives from different sports teams and clubs on campus read poems about hope and resilience to the audience. Staff from counseling was also present to support students. Then, students were invited to the podium to share their own stories.

Blog title ‘The Red Zone: Understanding College Transition and Student Safety’ displayed on a college campus background

Understanding Red Zone and College Transition

Written by Maria Villegas on September 1, 2025. Posted in Blog.

By: Meghan Boudreau , I Have The Right To Intern

Picture this: You are moving into your first week as an undergraduate student. You are buzzing with excitement (or maybe that’s just the three cups of coffee you drank trying to stay awake) as you and your fellow first years begin to enter a new and foreign time of life. You tearfully say goodbye to your friends and family who traveled with you for this momentous transitional period and you are left to the whim of your RA’s and the orientation week itinerary.