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How 1970s activists fought for a \u201cfeminist forensics\u201d and transformed the way police and the courts handled sexual-assault evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pagan Kennedy: Award-winning journalist and author, Pagan Kennedy has been a columnist for The New York Times and contributor to the New York Times Sunday Review. She has also written for dozens of other publications, including The New Yorker, The Boston Globe Magazine, The Nation, and The Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-sponsored by the Political Science Department, with the generous support of the Chester Bland Fund<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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