Topic: Women

Men Who Disagree With You Are Not Evidence Of Misogyny (Or Trolls)

Men Who Disagree With You Are Not Evidence Of Misogyny (Or Trolls)

Misogyny is a real thing. It is a real thing, it exists, there are societal biases against women all over the place (I tried to begin listing them, but I figured you didn’t want to read a 40 page long article). It is not a made up term. And there are many ways it manifests itself.

However, it is notable that none of those ways are evident in Sarah Jaffe’s “Memories of My Misogynist Trolls*” piece on Jezebel. The only thing the much discussed pieces seems to indicate is that if you pick disagreements with people they will yell at you. Just as people have been doing with other people essentially since the dawn of time. More »

Women’s Rights Campaigner Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir Banned From Facebook For Posting Death Threat

Women's Rights Campaigner Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir Banned From Facebook For Posting Death Threat

How do you handle your death threats?

I mean, we all get them, right? Because the Internet is kind of a lawless wasteland? I mean, I didn’t like Facebook Couple’s pages and someone replied:

“Jesus Christ. Go kill yourself; problem solved for all parties.”

So, yes, we all get idle death threats from people who want us to die. There isn’t usually much logic behind them, and they’re not to be taken seriously.

Women’s right campaigner Hildur Lilliendahl Viggósdóttir certainly does More »