harassment

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

Chrissy Teigen, an Asian woman with blond-brown hair, smiles on the red carpet in a bright orange dress
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.”
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 »
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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 »
Jeffrey Toobin, a white man with short mixed salt-and-pepper hair and glasses, appears as a panelist on CNN

#MeToobin Reveals How Little We’ve Moved the Needle on Workplace Harassment

by Gwen Snyder
December 10, 2020 at 1:02pm
A wide swath of people still shrug at or even delight in the spectacle of a man turning the workplace into an environment for sexual gratification without consent. Read more »
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Reply Guys, Sliding into the DMs, and the Intensification of Parasocial Relationships

by s.e. smith
May 22, 2020 at 9:00am
Though the reply guy doesn’t mean any offense and doesn’t intend to cause harm, his mere presence can suffocate the women he’s always replying to. Read more »
A Black woman's face peaks out, partially obscured. The words "full-blown stalkerware" are overlaid.

Very Online: Making Facial Recognition Easier Might Make Stalking Easier Too

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 31, 2020 at 3:59pm
 This technology is powerful and incredibly invasive. Read more »

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