- 1. Fans Criticized Beyoncé and Lizzo For Using the Same Slur in Their New Songs So They Changed the Offensive Lyrics
- (Music)
- ... A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) Coincidentally, Lizzo encountered the same backlash as Beyoncé just two months ago for using the exact same offensive term in ...
- Created on 09 August 2022
- 2. Hulu Rolls Back Censoring Policy After Facing Blowback From Democrats
- (TV)
- ... as they follow cable standards. This quick turnaround follows intense backlash from Hulu’s patrons, including the aforementioned Twitter campaign and disparaging remarks from party leaders. Disney recently ...
- Created on 28 July 2022
- 3. Amber Heard and the Limits of #MeToo: The Best Feminist Takes on the Depp v. Heard Verdict
- (Feminism)
- ... in on June 1st; Depp had been awarded 10.35 million dollars, and Heard 2 million. But the most upsetting part of the trial wasn't even the verdict; it’s been the vitriolic backlash to Heard, which has ...
- Created on 03 June 2022
- 4. Taraji P. Henson Was Just Appointed To The White House's HBCU Board Of Advisors – But What Does That Even Mean
- (Feminism)
- ... … in a manner consistent with the requirement to afford equal protection of the laws under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment.” The backlash was intense. But thankfully, the HBCU ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 5. Emily Ratajkowski On Her Essay Collection "My Body," Her Journey to Feminism, and Why Using Your Sexuality to Get Ahead Isn't a Bad Thing ...
- (Books)
- ... Diane Martel, the director who then cast her in the project that would catapult Ratajkowski to fame: Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” video. The song was inescapable in 2013, sparking a firestorm of backlash ...
- Created on 14 December 2021
- 6. Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has Life Threatened in Anime-Themed Parody Video Shared Online by Far-Right Politician Paul Gosar
- (Feminism)
- ... and backlash, as Ocasio-Cortez took to her personal Twitter account to condemn her peers: So while I was en route to Glasgow, a creepy member I work with who fundraises for Neo-Nazi groups shared a ...
- Created on 19 November 2021
- 7. “With her eyes still open, she touched herself for a minute and a half, came noiselessly”: Sally Rooney Depicts Female Sexuality, Bi-sexuality, Intellectual Women, and Mental Illness in New Book “Beautiful ...
- (Books)
- ... has had huge success with her previous two books, Conversations with Friends (2017) and Normal People (2018), she has received a ton of backlash recently upon the publishing of her third book. This backlash ...
- Created on 20 October 2021
- 8. Adele's New Video and Song Have Finally Been Released, With a Big F-You To Wannabe Body Shamer
- (Music)
- ... backlash about Adele’s recent weight loss, she silenced the questions in an interview with British Vogue, explaining that she naturally lost weight due to anxiety. Telling the interviewer that “It was ...
- Created on 15 October 2021
- 9. The New "Karen" Halloween Costume Has Many Questioning The Meme-ifying Of Everyday Racis
- (General)
- ... media, the wider implications of its message have received backlash. While it’s not new to turn memes into Halloween showstoppers, other memes rarely possess the same political and social gravitas that ...
- Created on 07 October 2021
- 10. Free Your Mind: New Non-Fiction From B-Movie Queen Elvira, Mistress of Darkness, and Believing, a Cultural Analysis on Gender-Violence from Anita Hill
- (Books)
- ... was met with exactly the type of backlash you can imagine for a bawdy goth princess during the satanic panic of the ’80s. Through it all, Peterson maintains the dry sense of humor beloved by viewers since ...
- Created on 09 September 2021
- 11. We've Got a Long Way to Go: The Gossip Girl Reboot Promised Diversity, but Served Up More of the Same Old, Same Old Instea
- (TV)
- ... especially when you consider the all white main cast of its 2007 predecessor. Backlash for this choice in casting was definitely heard and there has been an obvious and mostly successful effort at fixing ...
- Created on 17 August 2021
- 12. Demi Lovato's Performance Of "Cool for the Summer" Was Jojo Siwa's Gay Awaken
- (Entertainment)
- ... from BUST Demi Lovato Comes Out As Non-Binary: "This Has Come After A Lot Of Healing And Self-Reflective Work" Demi Lovato Plans To Keep Her Recovery Private After Facing Backlash Demi Lovato's New Single ...
- Created on 19 July 2021
- 13. Black Monuments Matter: Journalist and Civil-Rights Activist Ida B. Wells Gets Statue in Downtown Memphis
- (Feminism)
- ... as a full-time journalist. In 1892 she reported on the death of her friend and his two business associates at the hands of a white lynching mob. Her writing caused a fierce backlash amongst the city’s ...
- Created on 14 July 2021
- 14. #Bye, Felicia. Nikole Hannah-Jones Rejects UNC's Last Minute Offer of Tenure, Joining the Faculty of Howard University Instead. ...
- (Feminism)
- ... School of Media and Journalism. UNC’s original decision to deny the journalist tenure was met with national backlash and campus protest. Faculty and staff of the journalism school responded by saying ...
- Created on 08 July 2021
- 15. “My Life is Not Your Porn,” South Korean Women Say, as Digital Sex Crimes Rise
- (Feminism)
- ... life. Sulli, member of another high-profile girl group, f(x), was uniquely outspoken about issues pertaining to gender inequality. She received constant online backlash, particularly when she posted ...
- Created on 07 July 2021
- 16. In South Korea, An Itty Bitty Emoji — And Fragile Male Egos — Caused A Huge Backlash Against Feminism
- (Feminism)
- Feminism is facing a huge backlash in South Korea, and it’s all thanks to itty bitty male masculinity. The pinching hand emoji, often used to mock penis size, was used by Megalia — a South Korean ...
- Created on 18 June 2021
- 17. Women launch class action suit against Pornhub for posting videos without their consent. Half were children at the time.
- (Feminism)
- Pornhub, the popular porn website, is facing major deserved backlash today as 34 women came forward with a lawsuit stating that videos of them were posted without their consent. And, as over half of ...
- Created on 18 June 2021
- 18. Racism, Sexual Misconduct, Domestic Violence, and Sexism: Is it time to put The Bachelor to bed?
- (TV)
- ... defended, was facing backlash for the multiple Instagram posts that resurfaced including one from an Old South Antebellum party she attended at a plantation while in college. In the March interview, ...
- Created on 11 June 2021
- 19. In Chilling Move, Texas Town Declares Itself Anti-Abortion “Sanctuary City"
- (Feminism)
- ... regardless of whether or not they can afford to, or have an abortion and risk facing serious legal backlash for doing so. This crime against women in Lubbock is rendering them voiceless in the matter that ...
- Created on 07 June 2021
- 20. After Appointing Nikole Hannah-Jones, Conservative UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees Denies Knight Chair Tenure for the First Time Since 1980 for One Reason: “Politics”
- (Feminism)
- Pulitzer Prize Winner Nikole Hannah-Jones has been denied tenure at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill after being appointed to the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at UNC’s ...
- Created on 21 May 2021
