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TikTok's "#April 24th" Trend Is a Hoax, but Not a Jok
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(Feminism)
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Trigger warning: rape/sexual assault
The date of April 24th has been trending on social media platforms over the past couple of weeks. Users claim there is a video that originated on TikTok of six ...
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Created on 23 April 2021
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Greta Thunberg, Rihanna, Disha Ravi and Nodeep Kaur: The Indian Farming Protests and The Women Speaking Out
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(Feminism)
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... from Indian news channels and members of the public; one Bollywood star branded the singer a “porn star,” while online trolls praised singer Chris Brown for assaulting her in 2009, per BBC.
Ravi was ...
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Created on 17 February 2021
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How One Woman Changed The Video Game World Forever
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(Entertainment)
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... Eye on Design magazine (eyeondesign.aiga.org) under the title “Queen’s Quest.”
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Brianna Wu Was Targeted By Trolls During Gamergate — Now, She's Running For Congress
"Sadie" Is A Haunting ...
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Created on 09 October 2020
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Don’t Understand #DefundThePolice? Here Are 8 Online Activists and Resources That Might Help
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(Feminism)
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... to Abolition
6. Twitter (but beware of trolls)
Twitter is kind of like one big encyclopedia for social justice work these days. Sure, Twitter has more than its fair share of trolls and some misinformation, ...
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Created on 12 June 2020
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This Woman Mechanic Was Fired When Coworkers Watched Her OnlyFans Account At Work
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(Feminism)
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... wrongfully discriminated against, mistreated, and harassed. While her viral Tweet and the now-viral news story about her did result in some more online trolls, it also resulted in a flood of support.
I ...
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Created on 27 April 2020
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Making Herstory: Thanks To This Bill, We Might Have A Women's History Museu
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(Feminism)
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... and maybe someday, future generations will learn about it at the Smithsonian.
Top photo via Wikimedia Commons / AFGE
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Brianna Wu Was Targeted By Trolls During Gamergate - Now She's Running ...
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Created on 13 February 2020
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Brianna Wu Was Targeted By Trolls During Gamergate — Now, She's Running For Congres
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(Feminism)
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Brianna Wu, the Co-Founder of Giant Spacekat — a video game development studio in Boston, MA — and software engineer, has had enough of the types of politicians who are in Congress. This year, she’s ...
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Created on 06 February 2020
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Lindy West Spills Backstage Secrets From "Shrill" S2 On BUST's "Poptarts" Podc
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(Poptarts)
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... 24. And in this episode of Poptarts, she opens up about confronting her trolls, casting Aidy Bryant to play her, and writing a show that normalizes abortion and fat sex.
About: BUST's Poptarts is ...
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Created on 22 January 2020
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Spanish Feminists Fight Government To Neutralize Bias In Gendered Language
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(Feminism)
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... has been a change in how we address people based on their gender. Pronouns “they/them” are often used for people who identify as non-binary. That said, there are a lot of internet and IRL trolls who are ...
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Created on 22 January 2020
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3 New Books About Fighting Toxic Masculinity And The Patriarchy
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(Books)
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... relationships, and disempowering trolls. She’s calling out the bullshit of the patriarchy (with lots of swearing, of course.) –Tess Rosenberg
For the Love of Men: A New Vision for Mindful Masculinity ...
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Created on 16 January 2020
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Leave Greta Thunberg Alone!
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(Feminism)
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... it’s borderline humorous at how much a Swedish 17-year-old, who has no intentions of enraging anyone can do just that. And it isn’t only the Internet trolls with profile pictures of guns, Jesus, or the ...
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Created on 18 December 2019
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12.
Leave Summer Walker Alone
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(Entertainment)
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... frenzy became worse after this past Sunday. Walker was trending yet again after attending The Soul Train Awards to her chagrin. The trolls mocked Walker for appearing stiff on the red carpet, photoshopping ...
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Created on 20 November 2019
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Space Crimes Are A Thing Now? And This Woman Is The First Alleged Perp
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(General)
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This 16-Year-Old Explorer Jade Hameister Had The Perfect Response To The Trolls Who Told Her, "Make Me A Sandwich"
American Girl Doll’s 2018 “Girl of The Year” Is An 11-Year-Old Aspiring Astronaut
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Created on 26 August 2019
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L7's Donita Sparks On Touring, Trump, And Her Band's Feminist Lega
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(Music)
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... March, and all these trolls came out, and it’s like “What the fuck, she’s at a Women’s March, we’re L7!” But that was mostly when people share something on their own Facebook, and then their asshole Uncle ...
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Created on 06 June 2019
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Opens Up About Regularly Receiving Death Threats
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(Feminism)
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... shown in-between Kim Jong Un and Fidel Castro.
The minor league baseball team did apologize for the offensive clip, however, such an effort is lacking in a culture where online trolls so consumed with ...
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Created on 29 May 2019
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Lindy West Talks "Shrill" On Hulu, Abortions On TV, And Fat Representatio
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(Entertainment)
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Fat acceptance writer and activist Lindy West has been wielding her pen like a sword for over a decade. Here, she dishes on her new Hulu show, writing large characters who actually get laid, and ranking ...
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Created on 15 March 2019
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Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries Feed Our Grrrl Gang Cravings
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(Music)
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... label to release their new album. They'd written and recorded a slew of new songs with Bag's encouragement, dealt with anxiety (see their "Panic Attack" music video), banished web trolls and haters in their ...
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Created on 14 February 2019
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18.
I Couldn't See What Dieting Cost Me Until I Gave It U
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(Feminism)
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... my family and friends who still diet on the mainland. I’m learning to keep my balance when trolls insult my body in the comments section, or when friends lament on how fat they are, or when photographers ...
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Created on 30 January 2019
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It's Not Laziness, It's Toxic Masculinity: On "Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, And The Way Forwa
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(Books)
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It’s not easy dealing with online trolls or arguing with our friends and family about social issues. Feminists often take on the burden of emotional labor, which author Gemma Hartley defines as “emotion ...
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Created on 30 November 2018
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20.
Revolve Releases, Then Pulls Lena Dunham-Designed "Being Fat Is Not Beautiful" Sweatshir
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(Feminism)
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... spawned by online trolls, another dubious misstep was Revolve's choice to feature a thin, white woman modelling the horribly fatphobic remark directed at Elsesser—especially considering Revolve generally ...
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Created on 13 September 2018
