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Word Travels: The Social Network Sex Workers Built
Many “respectable” women are discovering the strategies that sex workers use—which are actually the same ones used by all women outside the charmed circle of privilege.
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Digital Crackdowns on the Sex Trade Can Put Sex Workers at Risk
Raiding sex worker websites may look good for law enforcement—but it can push sex workers further underground.
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The Last Big Lean In: Corporate-Feminist Self-Help Was Always a Scam
They sold advice to the same ambitious women they were later willing to sacrifice.
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The Real Truth About YouTube’s Obsessive Purity Subculture
There’s something sickly comforting about believing that staying pure will give you power, about the idea that everything will be okay if you follow the rules.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: #MeToo Founder’s Letter to Dr. Ford
“We witnessed you show up for duty not as a superhero, but as a fully human woman.”
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Et Tu, Brutes: Donna Zuckerberg on How Misogyny Red-Pilled the Classics
When the Red Pillers—online communities of far-right, anti-feminist men—need to back up their misogynist and racist claims, they look to Ovid, Euripides, or the Stoics.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: The Gaslighting of American Women
For once, it does not feel good to be right.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: The Lies of Brett Kavanaugh
Brett Kavanaugh’s repeated lies only speak to his entitlement.
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Popaganda: When People Become Internet Memes
The Internet, which connects us to each other in ways that were pretty unimaginable to most people a century ago, has become a totally casual part of daily life. It’s changed so much: from the way we do business to the way we unlock our front doors. But it’s also changed the way we see ourselves... Read more »
What it Feels Like for a Girl: “Eighth Grade” Rewrites Tired Social-Media Stereotyping
The film is notable because it consciously avoids serving up a familiar media brew of technophobia and misogyny.
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