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Our Days of Rage: What #CancelColbert reveals about women/of color and controversial speech

Content Warning: This article uses screenshots of extremely bigoted tweets to illustrate what it describes; thanks goes out to Twitter user @jennybaquing for screen-capping them, and John Weeks for Storifying them.

When a woman dares to speak her mind online, it can seem as if a thousand Gorgon visages rise to counter her violation of the expected order.

The surge of online hatred directed at Suey Park (and many of the women of color who defended her) for her #CancelColbert hashtag this week is disturbingly similar to other incidents involving outspoken women online. Taken together, they illustrate how women do not have a right to be controversial or equal participants in public discourse — or, put another way, that controversy ...

When a woman dares to speak ...

By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

“Marriage was a marker of historically anti-gay and anti-feminist normalcy“.

Ann Friedman on believing Dylan Farrow, and why who you believe depends on which story you recognize.

On the role of bystander intervention in preventing sexual assaults.

Why the absence of biracial representation in the media matters.

10 Years after Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty”.

Suey Park of #NotYourAsianSidekick defence of Twitter feminism.

“Marriage was a marker of historically anti-gay and anti-feminist normalcy“.

Ann Friedman on believing Dylan Farrow, and why who you believe depends on which story you recognize.

On the role of bystander ...

By Courtney Baxter • 10 years ago

Weekly Feminist Reader

Can we address the systems that allow racism to thrive?

Painting Wendy Davis as a bad mother in the midst of her campaign for Texas Governor is bullshit and sexist.

“What they’re really about has nothing to do with abortion or the health of anyone; it has to do with controlling women.”

Catherine Samba-Panza is the new interim President of the Central African Republic, and the first woman to hold the position.

With more than 4 million page views a month, Rookie is emerging as a DIY multiplatform media empire of sorts for Girl America.

Why cat-calling is the worst.

On period tracker apps: “There is a basic need among women to understand their bodies ...

Can we address the systems that allow racism to thrive?

Painting Wendy Davis as a bad mother in the midst of her campaign for Texas Governor is bullshit and sexist.

“What they’re really about

By Juliana Britto Schwartz • 10 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Compiled by Juliana and Alexandra

Argentina has some of the most trans friendly legislation in the world. But how does that play out in real life?

Letters from a YSI jail.

Descendants of runaway slaves in Brazil are still fighting for the right to live peacefully on their land.

Suey Park on Citizen Radio!

How is our government still debating whether abusers should be allowed to have guns?

How the “do what you love” mantra hurts workers (particularly women).

The International Trans Women of Color Network Gathering will be in Detroit this June.

“She might have had a case if if she had been unconscious during the rape.”

Five ways to create a ...

Compiled by Juliana and Alexandra

Argentina has some of the most trans friendly legislation in the world. But how does that play out in real life?

Letters from a YSI jail.

Descendants of runaway slaves in ...

By Suzanna • 10 years ago

The Feministing Five: Suey Park

Exemplifying the power and positive potential behind social media, last week’s #NotYourAsianSidekick Twitter conversation offered a fantastic opportunity for the Internet to discuss stereotypes and political challenges facing Asian-American-Pacific-Islanders (or AAPI). Originated by Suey Park, a freelance writer and organizer, #NotYourAsianSidekick quickly trended on Twitter and its energy immediately flowed over to the rest of the Internet, prompting relevant thought-pieces and segments.

#NotYourAsianSidekick demonstrated how young people and the Internet have the power to create significant opportunities for civil rights discourse. What I really enjoyed about #NotYourAsianSidekick was how it offered an opportunity for individuals to chime with their personal experiences of racism (and often with sexism woven in) while also creating a space for progressive organizations ...