Understanding The Difference Between Generic Harassment and GenderTrolling
In the eighth century BCE, Telemachus, Penelope’s son, told his mother: Mother, go back up into your quarters, and take up your own work, the loom and the distaff … speech will be the business of men,...
View ArticlePolitical Violence is Directly Linked to Online Harassment
In May 2012, just before the anniversary of the ruling of the Constitutional Court that legalized abortion in Colombia in 2006, I was working as a communications officer in the offices of the NGO...
View ArticleWomen in Sports Media Face Unrelenting Sexism in Challenges to Their...
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...
View ArticleThe 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, because...
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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...
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Women Writers Have Always Been Targeted for Anti-Semitic Hatred
Why it is only now that media is paying serious attention to anti-semitic harassment targeted at journalists? Last week, the Anti Defamation League (ADL) issued a report detailing the rise in...
View ArticlePizzagate: American politics get the Gamergate treatment
It was an assault rifle being fired in a pizzeria that signaled the severity of Facebook’s fake news problem. Call it Pizzagate – a right-wing conspiracy theory based on a baseless lie by 4chan. The...
View ArticleWhat the Random Rape Threat Generator Tells Us About Online Misogyny
Rape threats and other sexualized vitriol online feel extremely personal. These are messages that often go into explicit detail about which parts of our bodies will be violated with which instruments....
View ArticleWatch Ashley Judd’s Powerful Call to Action on Online Abuse
In her moving and indepth TED talk, actress and activist Ashley Judd, a founder of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project, challenges Silicon Valley, the criminal justice system, lawmakers and the...
View ArticleCreating A Model for Helping Women Thrive in Wikipedia
How are young women on college campuses using their voices to contribute to the knowledge base about women and women’s issues? Young women within this demographic are finding increasingly diverse ways...
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