Twitter allows online abuse against women, punishing those who attempt to hold men and the company to account.…
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The internet, self-objectification, and untimely beginnings
Social media has taught women to self-objectify — let’s stop doing it.…
Why is Facebook banning lesbians for using the word ‘dyke’?
Facebook is banning lesbians for using the word “dyke,” but continues not to take action against misogyny.…
Celeste Barber’s ‘model’ poses show the extent to which women are expected to self-objectify
What do you look like when you’re eating in bed? A 100 pound, perfectly made up sexpot? Or this: Happy birthday #m…
Whoreburbia: The digital gentrification of ‘sex work’
Back in 2014, I co-authored an academic paper published in a graduate journal that sought to discuss the delineation of …
#FreetheNipple or #FreeMaleDesire? Has social media really been good for feminism?
Web 2.0 was meant to be a game changer for feminism. Academics and social commentators alike told us that social media p…