Category Archives: Sexual assault

Why removing the statute of limitations for sexual assaults is a good idea

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Jackie Fuchs

A California bill proposing to eliminate the 10-year statute of limitations on rape and child molestation charges has passed in the Senate Public Safety Committee. That committee had, in the past, refused to move through similar bills. The new bill … Continue reading →

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The Bitter Fruit of Forever now available

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Jackie Fuchs

My novelette The Bitter Fruit of Forever is now available on Amazon.com. Soo-zee Wanabi and his friends are rebel soldiers fighting the oppressive regime that rules their world. But when their own commander commits an act of shocking brutality Soo-zee and his friends … Continue reading →

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Rape survivor or rape victim?

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Jackie Fuchs

I was running through my upcoming keynote address at Carnegie Mellon’s MOSAIC conference for my niece, a recent university graduate, when she suddenly looked up from her phone, on which she had been taking notes. “You can’t say that,” she said. “Say … Continue reading →

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Step up. Speak Out. Change your world.

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Jackie Fuchs

Earlier this week social media exploded when Amber Coffman of the band Dirty Projectors tweeted that indie-music publicist Heathcliff Berru had groped her at a bar. Afterwards, several other women came forward with even more disturbing complaints. The allegations forced … Continue reading →

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