The Cornell Seven: When Consent and the Law Collide

The Cornell Seven case has sparked a much bigger conversation than one group chat or one college campus. This week, Jenn and Rietta unpack the allegations surrounding the Cornell Seven and use the case as a jumping-off point to talk about consent, intoxication, accountability, and what happens when the way we understand sexual assault doesn’t always line up neatly with the way the law is written. What does it mean when someone voluntarily becomes intoxicated? Where does personal responsibility end and criminal responsibility begin? And as women, how do we navigate laws that can feel very different from the conversations we’ve been taught to have about consent and safety? This isn’t about deciding the Cornell Seven case ourselves. It’s about looking at the questions the case raises—and realizing just how complicated the answers can become once they leave social media and enter a courtroom.