harassment

Surprise, Surprise, Andrew Cuomo Was Never an Advocate for Women

a protestor in a navy blue windbreaker holds up a poster of Andrew Cuomo, an aging white man with short, curly, brown hair, during a protest
by Gwen Snyder
August 24, 2021 at 3:19pm
Abusers succeed because we’re still largely comfortable allowing men to paternalistically insert themselves into sexual misconduct accountability discourse as so-called arbiters, experts, and advocates.
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Dangerous Spin: Media Exposes Ballet’s Ugly Side

by Scarlett Harris
August 10, 2021 at 11:51am
There’s nothing endearing or gentle about the violence dancers endure. Read more »
collage of Anne Hathaway as Andy, a white woman with brown hair, in The Devil Wears Prada

Cerulean Blues: “The Devil Wears Prada” Fashions a Cautionary Tale

by Sarah Rosenthal
June 30, 2021 at 1:47pm
Most media outlets still favor the image of equality over doing the real work that true equality would require. Read more »
Chrissy Teigen, an Asian woman with blond-brown hair, smiles on the red carpet in a bright orange dress

Chrissy Teigen Cyberbullied Teen Girls. She’s Not the Only One.

by Alexis Schwartz
May 28, 2021 at 4:49pm
She, like most of Hollywood, understood the gratification of tearing down other celebrities, particularly those considered “infamous.” Read more »
a thin white woman with short bleach blond hair sits on the bed and stares at the screen of her Macbook laptop

Mean to an End: How Online Harassment Became a Feature, Not a Bug

by Jenna Mahale
May 12, 2021 at 4:01pm
The facilitation of harassment may be social media’s most reliable content strategy. Read more »
Photo of author Melissa Febos

The Act of Naming: “Girlhood” Embraces the Monster Within

by Stephanie Buschardt
March 30, 2021 at 9:12am
We’ll still be called sluts, witches, and harpies, so we may as well rise to the occasion. Read more »
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We Owe It to Women Journalists to Protect Them from Harassment

by s.e. smith
March 17, 2021 at 11:54am
The stakes for women journalists, especially BIPOC women journalists, are possibly higher than they’ve ever been. Read more »
Paige Woolen, a thin white woman, poses behind a table as she smizes at the camera

No Conversation: @DudesInTheDMs Is Making the Internet Safer for Women

by Allie Rowbottom
February 18, 2021 at 9:46am
Any woman can send Paige Woolen screenshots of unwanted DMs and have them shared with 61,000 followers. Read more »
a thin, Black woman poses naked behind a red filter for the TikTok Silhouette Challenge

Under the Red Light: Privacy Concerns Abound with the Silhouette Challenge

by Ope Adedeji
February 5, 2021 at 7:05am
Though the challenge was meant to be empowering, it quickly backfired. Read more »
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wears a white blouse and red lipstick, and looks to the side during an event.

Episodes Compound: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Isn’t Weaponizing Her Trauma

by Nicole Froio
February 4, 2021 at 10:20am
“Accountability is about creating safety,” Ocasio-Cortez said. Read more »
an Asian woman with jet black hair hides her face behind her hands as she lays across a bed

No, Shitty Men Have Not Been Purged From Media

by Jessica Wakeman
January 29, 2021 at 5:23pm
Every woman, nonbinary person, or person of color who is driven from journalism because of the shitty men in charge leaves us poorer as a culture. Read more »

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