Tag Archives: sexual harassment
Update: ESPN announcer fired for “sweet baby” remark
TweetOn Monday, Jos blogged about Ron Franklin, the ESPN announcer who was suspended for calling a female colleague “sweet baby,” (not, as we previously thought, “sweetcakes”) and then “asshole.” Jos wrote, “I’m curious to see how serious the penalty against Franklin will be. Will he just be kept off one radio broadcast, or will he [...]
What if we had stood up to the TSA before?
TweetPeople are in an uproar about the new TSA full body scanners and invasive searches. And for good reason, as myself and many others believe they constitute an invasion of bodily autonomy and a form of sexual harassment. But I have to wonder if we would be here today if this much noise had been [...]
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RightRides Needs Your Support!
TweetThis is a guest post from Oraia Reed of RightRides, an incredible grassroots organization that’s been around for years, giving women safe rides home and advocating against sexual violence and harassment in NYC. Please check out the following message and support them if you can! RightRides for Women’s Safety was founded in 2004 as a [...]
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A handy questionnaire for street harassers.