Misogyny
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Uber Hires Ex Attorney General Holder to Probe Sex Harassment, Discrimination Claims
Uber has tapped former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to help lead an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and discrimination made by a former female employee who made her claims public over the weekend in a blog post, the Washington Post reports. In a memo shared Monday, CEO Travis Kalanick told employees the review…
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Trump's America: Social Media Users Share Stories About Being Harassed by Trump Supporters
Editor’s note: This article contains social media posts that some may find offensive. Donald Trump has been the officially declared president-elect for a little over 24 hours now. And amid the uncertainty and shock from those who had supported Trump’s Democratic opponent (or just generally decent people), some of Trump’s supporters have been adding fuel…
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Video Shows Donald Trump Having Lewd Conversation About Women in 2005
A 2005 video obtained by the Washington Post shows Donald Trump having a sexist, lewd conversation about women on a hot mic while riding a bus to a soap opera appearance. In the video, Trump and Billy Bush, then of Access Hollywood, are riding a bus with the show’s logo on the side to the…
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The Half-Woke CliffsNotes to Homophobia and Misogyny
I never used CliffsNotes. Not because I believed in some uncompromising code of ethics that made me reject shortcuts in favor of hard work and discipline. My mother just wouldn’t let me use them. When I was a rising 10th-grader, I tried to get her to purchase a copy of the CliffsNotes for Albert Camus’…
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Dear Men Who Very Obviously Hate Women: Do Yourselves A Favor And Just Admit It!
The idea that overt and unambiguous racism is preferable to subtler forms of prejudice is not a terribly uncommon one among Black people. Of course, like Tyga’s music and soft chicken wings, all racism is really bad. But if given the choice between clear racism and concealed and/or confusing racism, many of us (myself included) would choose…
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Her Name Was Janese Talton-Jackson. And She Was Killed Because She Said "No"
I did not know Janese Talton-Jackson on a personal level. There’s a chance I might have seen her before. And a lesser chance I might have spoken to her. But if I did either, I don’t remember. But after news of her death began to circulate Facebook Friday afternoon, and more and more people spoke of…
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I'm Going To Have A Daughter. I Love Rap Music. These Two Things Do Not Match
They said I can’t rap about being broke no moreThey ain’t say I can’t rap about coke no more The Wife Person and I have driven to the D.C. area four times this summer. And, with each drive comes a couple dozen or so new additions to my Spotify playlist; a trip soundtrack occasionally interrupted by Google…