Media
Tony McDade and Other Trans People Deserve Better than Deadnaming
It’s not accurate to call a trans person by incorrect pronouns, or a name that isn’t, and never was, their name.
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Very Online: Wine Memes Are Taking over during Quarantine, and They’re Targeting Women
It’s not cute and relatable for a brand to keep pushing women toward alcohol during a pandemic.
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Very Online: Twitter Has United Freelance Writers and Fair-Pay Advocates
“People are reading more content, and there are more freelancers, but there are fewer editors and staffers, and less money.”
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22 Hours of Hate: Trump’s Press Briefings Are a Pageant of Misinformation
There is a sense, watching the briefings, of sliding off a precipice into uncharted waters together with the rest of the nation.
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Backtalk: Rage On
This week, Dahlia and Amy reflect on the past years of pop culture, feminism, and rageful conversations.
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Backtalk: VictimblamingToo
This week, Dahlia and Amy discuss comments made by Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer, Donna Rotunno, insisting that women could avoid sexual assault by not placing themselves in risky situations.
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Backtalk: Cleaning Up After “American Dirt”
This week, Dahlia and Amy get into the controversy over the publishing industry and the book that’s too big to fail.
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If That’s Love, I Don’t Want It: The Impact of the “New York Times” Validating Ableism
This was murder, not end of life care.
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Posthumous Humanity: Remembering Botham Jean, the Lone Police Victim Media Properly Covered
The coverage of Botham Jean’s death represents a course correction for media coverage of police brutality against Black victims, but there were still glaring errors.
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Turn Down for What: Why Media Amplifies Rape Apology
Instead of putting women in control at the heart of their own narratives, society talks around them, keeping them voiceless and powerless.
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