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As Media Coverage of Sexual Assault Fails, Survivors Find Solace in Social Media

Media coverage of sexual assault adheres to extreme victim stereotypes, often using language that exonerates the perpetrator while reinforcing a problematic culture of victim blaming.

How #MeToo Helped Convict Cosby

In the past year, former actor Bill Cosby stood trial twice on three accounts of aggravated assault towards Andrea Constand. The first of the two trials ended without a verdict, and in June 2017 Cosby walked free. In Cosby’s second trial, which took place in