Many of us have been tracking the story of former Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice and his wife Janay Rice over the last few days. But if you haven’t, it’s a good jumping off point for talking about domestic violence—a conversation that, like one on many touchy topics, people seem to have a really hard […]
Anna Minard
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Anita Sarkeesian Threatened with Rape and Murder for Daring to Keep Critiquing Video Games
Anita Sarkeesian, the woman behind a fantastic web series critiquing misogyny in video games, released another video this week. Funded as a Kickstarter project, Sarkeesian’s “Tropes vs. Women in Video Games” series is an accessible but scholarly look at video games through a feminist lens, in which Sarkeesian breaks down a bunch of common female […]
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Wesley Lowery, Washington Post Reporter Arrested in Ferguson, Tells His Story, with Video
Last night we posted about initial reports that Washington Post reporter Wesley Lowery, along with Huffington Post reporter Ryan Reilly, was arrested by police in Ferguson, Missouri, as both men were working in a McDonald’s covering the nearby protests. (It has wi-fi and power outlets and is close to protest locations, so journalists have sometimes […]
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Two Can Play at This Game!
Some men think of creeping on women as a game. Here’s how to beat them at their favorite summer pastime.