The online atheist community keeps pushing away its feminist supporters
When popular blogger and Skepchick founder Rebecca Watson was banned from selling merchandise at Dragon Con, emotions ran high.
On Sep 3, 2013 by Aja Romano
Watch smart teens slam ‘Blurred Lines’ for promoting rape culture
Astute youngsters dissect Robin Thicke’s hit in the latest ‘Teens React’ video.
On Aug 21, 2013 by Kris Holt
Misogynist trolls have turned Storify into a harassment tool
Melody Hensley wants to know the identity of the man who she claims is behind a two-year harassment campaign on Storify.
On Aug 16, 2013 by Kris Holt
The Internet Hall of Fame has a diversity problem
Although it’s getting better, the Internet Hall of Fame is still centered on white male innovators.
On Jun 28, 2013 by Aja Romano
Inside’s Facebook’s hate-filled temple to Islamophobia
Is Facebook’s hate speech problem out of control?
On Jun 18, 2013 by Miles Klee
Drawing the line in the debate over rape jokes
The crux of this issue is not banning certain jokes or policing thoughts. If you are going to tell a joke about rape, advance the conversation.
On Jun 12, 2013 by Audra Schroeder
Twitter trolls turn anime convention into “paranoid nightmare”
A group using the hashtags #gropecrew and #rapecrew threatened women at Dallas’ A-Kon over the weekend.
On Jun 4, 2013 by Aja Romano
Saudi writer calls for sexual harassment of working women
Abdullah Mohammad al-Dawood used an Arabic hashtag to advocate sexual harassment as a way of forcing women to stay at home.
On May 29, 2013 by Kris Holt
Facebook vows to get tougher on misogynist content
“We need to do better—and we will.”
On May 28, 2013 by Fidel Martinez
Adria Richards is putting #donglegate behind her
On Wednesday, Richards issued a statement to AllThingsD, in which she advocated for inclusivity and diversity in the technology industry.
On Mar 28, 2013 by Kris Holt
The Ada Initiative sounds off on the Adria Richards backlash
Is #donglegate an isolated incident or a sign of something larger going on in tech? We spoke with Valerie Aurora, cofounder of the Ada Initiative, an advocacy group for women in tech and geek culture.
On Mar 22, 2013 by Aja Romano
Inside 4chan’s plot to get Adria Richards fired
Mid-#donglegate, 4chan launched a DDoS attack on Adria Richards’s company, SendGrid, to try to get her fired. She lost her job. Here’s what happened.
On Mar 21, 2013 by Kris Holt
Adria Richards publicly fired amid violent #donglegate backlash
Adria Richards, who caused an online outrage over a “big dongles” joke at a programmers’ conference called PyCon, has been fired—publicly, on Facebook.
Choose your own sexist adventure on Misogyny Island
The object of the satirical web game is to be named the Uber Misogynist.
On Mar 15, 2013 by Aja Romano
CryptoParty founder driven out by tech community’s sexism
Asher Wolf founder CryptoParty to build a bridge between hackers and people who wanted to educate themselves about online surveillance, but sexist treatment has forced her out of the movement she started.
On Dec 28, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
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