Davis Calls for an End to Statute of Limitations for Rape

Candidate proposes ending 10-year limit on sexual assault offenses

"...of bringing justice to victims of sexual assault, gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis announced a proposal that would end the..."

Aug. 22, 2014 News Post by Mary Tuma

Crisis at the Rape Crisis Center

Has Idealism Become the Victim of Financial Reality?

"...Garlinghouse was hunched over his desk at the Austin Rape Crisis Center (ARCC). He was rewriting a grant request..."

Dec. 20, 1996 News Feature by Kayte VanScoy

What Happens to Rape Victims?

Sixteen months and nothing

"...slammed her head into the structure's cement wall and raped her on the floor. Two of his friends kept..."

Dec. 2, 2016 News Feature by Kathryn Lundstrom

Rape Kit Backlog Cleared: Now What?

Advocates still uncertain of what’s being done with the results

"...Austin Police Department has tested its entire backlog of rape kits – a number that ballooned to over 4,000..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

APD Knew About Moldy Rape Kits Back in April

Moldy rape kits a problem for prosecution, defense, survivors

"...has been found growing on the exteriors of 849 rape kits being stored inside the Austin Police Department's evidence..."

July 7, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Rape Victim Believes Rodney Reed Is Innocent

Tells story of being raped by murder victim's former fiancé

"...out his gun, put it by her head, and raped her...."

April 30, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Demand for Rape Kits High

SafePlace is receiving two to three requests per day

"...offering Sexual Assault Forensic Exams (SAFEs, colloquially known as rape kits). Two months later, the local nonprofit is the..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Assault Plaintiffs Get Court Date

Fifth Circuit set to hear oral arguments in late March

"...justice system led to gender-based inequitable treatment of women rape survivors, ultimately violating their constitutional rights. Former Travis County..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Sorority Row

Things go badly when these sorority sisters try to cover up a prank gone wrong and a serial killer enters the fray.

"...remake of 1983's The House on Sorority Row, but updated for the date-rape age, Sorority Row's got the gory..."

Sept. 18, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

For Colored Girls

Tyler Perry tackles Ntozake Shange's beloved play.

"...is a lot of turmoil captured in these vignettes: date rape, infanticide, promiscuity, back-alley abortion, pathologic religiosity, and AIDS,..."

Nov. 12, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Hell House

"...ghoulies, the frights come from graphic scenes of suicide, date rape, incest, and botched abortions. The point is to..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Body Shots

"...(American Pie's Reid) accuses football star Michael (O'Connell) of date rape. Is she exposing the beast within the sports..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

Raped Twice?

Virginia Glore asked the APD for a rape test -- instead they're prosecuting her for DWI.

"...she been drugged, but that she had also been raped...."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

A Safe Place?

Parties, alcohol, and attitudes are contributing to a high number of sexual assaults in Austin

"...in Texas, two in five women have survived a rape or sexual assault. Last year nearly 900 sexual assaults..."

Sept. 25, 2015 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Glore Case Sparks Legislation

Virginia Glore's case has convinced one local legislator that rape kit tests should be given to all who ask for them.

"...and then transported to the motel, where she was raped. She believes she was fleeing her attackers at the..."

Nov. 30, 2001 News Feature by Jordan Smith

In the Land of Blood and Honey

Angelina Jolie steps behind the camera to helm this picture she also wrote, which focuses on the emotional fallout of the Bosnian War.

"...The film opens in 1992 as a date between two would-be lovers – Ajla (Zana Marjanovic) and..."

Feb. 24, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin’s Sexual Assault Controversies Roil the District Attorney’s Race

Margaret Moore's controversial handling of rape cases brings opponents to the race

"...Attorney Margaret Moore, she says, to stand up for rape survivors whose rights she believes are being ignored by..."

Feb. 7, 2020 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

By the Numbers

Campus sexual assault

"...higher educational institutions are victims of completed or attempted rape during their college careers...."

May 16, 2014 News Feature

An Army of Women Tells the Story of a Criminal Justice Crusade in Austin

Julie Lunde Lillesæter shines a light on the women who made Austin a better place for rape survivors

"...the class action lawsuit filed, in total, by 15 rape survivors against the city, county, and local criminal justice..."

March 8, 2024 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy

What a bizarre, beautiful, and tonally askew sex-and-sadism romp this Hong Kong freak show is.

"...On the face of it, Extreme Ecstasy is an update of Michael Mak's well-regarded 1991 film Sex and Zen...."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

More Light Rail hubbub and a few Naderite cries in the wilderness.

"...and Gary Bradley move in and pull double-fisted land rapes a long time ago. Indeed, all that's left now..."

Oct. 27, 2000 Column

Did Failures at APD’s Crime Lab Lead to Sexual Assaults in Houston?

Rape case goes unprosecuted due to contaminated DNA evidence

"...The man accused of committing the rape responsible in part for shutting down Austin Police's crime..."

Oct. 7, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

First Reformed

Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke burn in the divine for this meditation on faith.

"...one of Schrader’s finest and most excoriating films to date. Does compassion exclude passion, does despair defile hope, and..."

May 25, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Get on the Bus

"...four “R”s of Hollywood's depiction of black men (rap, rape, rob, and riot). Consensus may never be attained, but..."

Oct. 18, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Audits Ahead for APD Crime Labs

Forensics lab to onboard new director, plus SARRT letter

"...Austin Police Department shuttered its DNA lab due to out-of-date procedures and unqualified analysts, department officials have tapped a..."

July 17, 2017 News Post by Sarah Marloff

The Feminist Who Stole Christmas

Maybe it’s cold outside, but we still want to go home

"...This date-rape disaster is the mother of Yuletide sexism. The scene..."

Dec. 13, 2012 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Nanking

This vivid documentary account of the Japanese "rape of Nanking" in 1937 includes the reading of diaries, letters, and other accounts of the exceptionally vicious invasion written by the expats and survivors.

"...Not reviewed at press time due to sudden opening date change. This vivid documentary account of the Japanese "rape..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of the most passionate, resourceful women I've ever met ["Raped Twice?," Oct. 12]. Jordan Smith's articles have brought about..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Column

Graceland

Ron Morales’ hostage thriller is a fluorescent-lit tour of the city’s seedy underbelly.

"...is not a movie to see on a first date or with your family, but please do go see..."

April 26, 2013 Movie Review by Leah Churner

Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Money for Nothing

Despite unprecedented taxpayer investment, state-funded CPCs deliver few services

"...An attempt to elucidate services at CPCs recently found little support at the..."

July 20, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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