Haylee Millikan, Author at Public Seminar

Feature

On Incels

It’s a man’s, man’s problem

June 11, 2018 • by Haylee Millikan

Before Alek Minassian murdered ten people -- mostly women -- in Toronto by driving a van down a crowded street, he made a Facebook post that read “The Incel Rebellion Has Already Begun!” Once esoteric, this violently misogynistic ideology has now made its way to the mainstream. Incels, short for the “involuntarily celibate,” ...

Feature

Who Goes to Jail for Sex Crimes?

Weiner’s sentencing should be a wake-up call

October 10, 2017 • by Haylee Millikan

Despite his plea to serve his time as a suspended sentence, he will spend 21 months incarcerated for sexting with a 15-year-old. In a series of exchanges, he cajoled her into undressing and touching herself on Skype, and then sent her explicit messages about what he would do to her ...

Education

Don’t Roll Back Title IX Enforcement

The Past and Future of Campus Sexual Assault Policy

July 28, 2017 • by Haylee Millikan

The recent Title IX Listening Sessions of July 13 2017 sponsored by U. S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos have prompted this week’s forum at Public Seminar. As part of the process, Secretary DeVos also hosted men’s rights activists who champion the cause of individuals claiming to be falsely ...

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Blogging at The Establishment

Centering the Subjective is Reclaiming Power

March 13, 2017 • by Haylee Millikan

The Establishment has an editorial staff that is entirely made up of women; most of the articles are written by woman and non-binary femmes as well. I was drawn into reading The Establishment because I’m a fan of the work that has been done by its Editor-at-Large, Ijeoma Oluo, a ...