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How to Write a #MeToo Story

How to Write a #MeToo Story | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
1. Give the main character a pseudonym. Call her Helen. This is good. You need distance. You don't feel anything like a Helen. You'll be able to write about what happened. 2. Change the antagonist's name. Use Rick. In real life his name was Pete, which is also in the name of the bar in Brooklyn where you ran a reading
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Memoir: 'Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman' by Lindy West –Defiant and true to herself in the face of constant abuse, West is a warm, capacious and funny writer

Memoir: 'Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman' by Lindy West –Defiant and true to herself in the face of constant abuse, West is a warm, capacious and funny writer | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
West’s memoir is full of a wild, joyous vulgarity and ranges from body images and rape threats to puberty and her love for her husband
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Twitter is ‘failing women’ experiencing online threats and harassment

Twitter is ‘failing women’ experiencing online threats and harassment | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
22 AUGUST 2017: Our research with Reclaim the Internet shows Twitter is doing too little, too slowly to combat online threats, racist and misogynistic abuse.

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Online hate is real-world hate. It’s about time there were consequences | Suzanne Moore

Online hate is real-world hate. It’s about time there were consequences | Suzanne Moore | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
A laissez-faire attitude to online aggression has encouraged abuse without penalty, writes the Guardian columnist Suzanne Moore

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Hollywood Women Have Revealed An Anti-harassment Action Plan

Hollywood Women Have Revealed An Anti-harassment Action Plan | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Time's Up.
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Labour MP reveals she’s had 600 rape and death threats in a day

Labour MP reveals she’s had 600 rape and death threats in a day | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it

A Labour MP has called for increased support and training for women in public life after revealing she received 600 rape threats in a single day last year. Speaking to The Independent, Jess Phillips, MP for Birmingham Yardley since 2015, said there was nothing in common with those threatening her ”other than them being men”.


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Online Abuse 101 - Women’s Media Center

Online Abuse 101 - Women’s Media Center | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Our Online Abuse Wheel summarizes the tactics, legal issues, and impacts of online abuse.

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Harassment, rape and Donald Trump's defense of Roger Ailes

Harassment, rape and Donald Trump's defense of Roger Ailes | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it

Melinda Henneberger - Roll Call:


Trump stuck up for his old friend Roger Ailes. For a candidate with a historically low standing among women, this is bold talk.


One reason Trump may feel so bad for his buddy Roger Ailes is that he can relate. Because another thing Donald Trump has in common with Bill Clinton is that they’ve both been accused of, and strenuously denied, committing rape.

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