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Pagan Kennedy

Pagan Kennedy is the author of 12 books. Her journalism has appeared in dozens of publications, and she has worked as a columnist for The New York Times Magazine, The Boston Globe Magazine, and The Village Voice. She has co-produced and authored a serial podcast for Radiotopia network that won a Webby Award. She has also been awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, an NEA Fellowship, a Smithsonian Fellowship, and two Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowships.
Politics

The Secret History of How Activists Fought for the Rape Kit

For centuries, legal authorities performed “medical” tests  to judge the character of victims.