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Zerlina Maxwell Receives Rape and Death Threats for Speaking up for Women

s.e. smith — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:30:00 -0400

Commentator Zerlina Maxwell did a brave thing this weekend. She went on Fox News, not exactly a bastion of human rights commentary, and said that if we want to stop rape, we need to educate men on the subject, rather than putting the responsibility on women.

Speaking Up About Gun Culture Made People Want To Hurt Me

Haley B. Elkins — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 12:30:00 -0500

I was unnerved that some people didn’t just disagree with me: they wanted my very existence, my very humanity, erased, as painfully as possible, starting with my vagina.

When Fanboys Attack: Or the Time I Wrote About "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"

s.e. smith — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 12:00:31 -0400

In my experience on the Internet, as someone who writes, among many other things, about pop culture from a social justice perspective, fanboys can be some of the most unimaginably horrific people on earth.

Racism and Death Threats: Just Another Day on Twitter

Daisy — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:30:26 -0400

It's become common for pro athletes who make crucial mistakes to immediately weather an outpouring of hate and cruelty on Twitter. And no one seems to be doing a thing about it.