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June 29, 2020 | Garnett Achieng | Disability, Feminism, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
This Twitter Account Is Calling Out Kenyan Manels

On February 4, a Pan-African feminist lawyer (who would like to remain anonymous) decided she was tired of seeing manels day after day on Kenyan TV stations.

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February 21, 2020 | Yvonne Wabai | Disability, Feminism, Online harassment, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
The online harassment of feminists has to stop

Despite citing scientific evidence, no sooner had my tweet gone live than a legion of angry twitter users, mostly men, came baying for my blood.

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January 01, 2019 | Deepa Ranganathan | Feminism
The millennial performance of wokeness

The social good our generation does is undercut by a generationally unique problem: the pressure of being “woke.”

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December 19, 2018 | Garnett Achieng’ | Feminism
The problem with “cancel culture”

While many would agree that it is necessary to call out bigotry, the prevalence of call-out culture creates toxic online spaces that are not conducive for learning.

WMC News & Features
November 09, 2017 | Robin Morgan | Economy, Free Speech, Media, Science and tech
Why we need to rein in the tech monopolies

Big Tech monopolies are endangering the Republic and free speech. It's time for some common-sense regulation.

WMC Speech Project
November 07, 2017 | Soraya Chemaly, Marya Stark | Online harassment, Politics
What women politicians’ online harassment tells us about degraded democracy

Earlier this year, in a little remarked upon episode, the nation was exposed to how differently men and women politicians are treated in media. In September, Senator John McCain was showered with accolades after he voted against his party’s attempt to repeal Obamacare and urged his peers to espouse cross-party conciliation. McCain’s Johnny-Come-Lately stake in the ground came, however, in the wake of the consistent, longer-standing, and defiant intra-party opposition of two other Republican Senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, who were motivated, in part by their pro-choice stance.

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November 07, 2017 | Soraya Chemaly, Patrice Stanley, Marya Stark, Kelly West | Free Speech, Online harassment, Politics
Women in politics discuss online harassment

Wendy Davis, Angela Angel, Marilyn Mosby, Kim Weaver, Rina Shah Bharara, Stephanie Roman, Katherine Clark, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen discuss online harassment #NameItChangeIt

WMC News & Features
June 29, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Media, Misogyny, Politics
Trump’s misogynistic tweets reflect sexism in America

As the Trump administration moved forward on Thursday with new guidelines that severely restrict travel from six Muslim-majority countries, yet again the country was distracted by Trump’s latest grotesque, sexist tweetstorm.

WMC Speech Project
October 18, 2016 | Soraya Chemaly | Misogyny, Online harassment
Doxing 101: What to Do About Lou Dobbs' Irresponsible Tweeting?

Last Wednesday, the New York Times published an article in which 74-year old Jessica Leeds described Donald Trump, with whom she was sharing a flight 30 years ago, grabbing her breasts and attempting to put his hand up her skirt. One day later, one of Fox Business’ most popular hosts, Lou Dobbs, retweeted a tweet […]

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June 07, 2016 | Anil Dash | Online harassment
The Immortal Myths About Online Abuse
This article is reprinted with permission from the author. 1. False: You can’t fix abusive behavior online. Yes, you can. Most small communities on the web don’t have major problems with abuse, b...
WMC Speech Project
April 30, 2016 | Julie DiCaro | Online harassment, Sports
Women in Sports Media Face Unrelenting Sexism in Challenges to Their Expertise and Opinions
I was never truly aware of sexism until I started working in sports media. In the 13 years I spent as an attorney, I saw and felt a lot of injustice, but it was the kind I recognized: preference based...
WMC Live
June 13, 2014 | Lynn Sherr, Karrin Allyson, Heather Arnet | Misogyny, Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #87: Lynn Sherr, Karrin Allyson, Heather Arnet. (Original Airdate 6/14/2014)
Robin on Twitter misogyny, and on science discovering the curative placenta. Guests: ABC journalist Lynn Sherr talks about her book on Sally Ride, the first U.S. woman in space; jazz star Karrin Allyson; Heather Arnet on her film “Madame Presidenta.”
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July 09, 2013 | Ruby O | Feminism, Girls, Media, Science and tech
Me: The Closet Feminist
I wrote before I knew women had to write under pseudonyms to get their books published. And I rode my bike without knowing in some countries the ban on women doing so has only just been lifted. I wa...
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August 10, 2011 | Magda K | Economy, Feminism, Media, Online harassment, Science and tech
Hacked Photos Being Used On Adult Websites
A couple of weeks ago, an article on Mookychick highlighted an issue of hacked photos on adult websites. It's a practice that's going on for a little while, but it's starting to trend, and it's misogy...
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June 20, 2011 | Becka W | Feminism, Media, Politics, Science and tech, Violence against women
Weinergate 2011
I feel as though I should provide full disclosure here: I follow Anthony Weiner on Twitter. As a representative from my general area (Queens/LI), I like to hear what he has to say – plus, his hashtags...
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January 19, 2011 | Cherokee S | Body image and body standards, Economy, Feminism, Girls, Media, Science and tech
Get Thin or Die Trying
In outrage, my mum showed me an article in UK newspaper The Evening Standard and told me to read it. More or less, after finishing the article, I was in shock. I couldn’t believe what I had just read....
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January 02, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger | Body image and body standards, Economy, Feminism, Girls, Online harassment, Science and tech
Teens and Technology: A Feminist Issue
The media would like you to believe that every time you log on to Facebook or – god forbid – the evil black hole of narcissism that is Twitter, another nail is inserted into the coffin of your general...
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June 23, 2010 | Julie Zeilinger | Economy, Feminism, Girls, Media, Online harassment, Science and tech
Girl Scout and Dr. Phil to Testify at Congressional Hearing on Cyberbullying
The advent of new media in recent years has been both a blessing and a curse to the youth of the world. Thanks to Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites, we can hop on the computer and ha...
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July 27, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger | Feminism, Media, Science and tech
Twitter and gendered language
  Of all the things to spark a debate over the lack of gender neutrality in language, I really hadn't expected Twitter. Twitter seems to get a lot of flack. Upon telling people that I have a twitte...
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