What The Bold Type Gets Right — and Wrong — About Social Media Abuse
The Freeform series gave us a ground-breaking depiction of online abuse, but it’s far from perfect.
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Book Review: Roadhouse Blues by Malin James
Malin James weaves something hot and unrelenting out of her experiences as a survivor to create fiction that pulses with dark life.
Read MoreThe Real Reason I’m Not Leaving Twitter
I think it’s fair to say that I’ve seen the dark side of Twitter. So why am I still here?
Read MoreAn Open Letter to the Bachelor In Paradise Producers, From an Abuse Survivor
You failed the women of this franchise, and you failed the survivors of Intimate Partner Violence who watch your shows.
Read MoreBACHELORELLA: JoJo’s Season of The Bachelorette Is Terrible. We Are All Terrible.
Let’s be real: this season sucks.
Read MoreMaybe He Doesn’t Hit You
Maybe he doesn’t hit you but he collects your infractions and lines them up on his desk like so many surgical knives.
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Call Herpes a “Gift”
We need to make space for nuance as the conversation about STIs becomes more than the occasional personal essay on a lady blog.
Read MoreHow News Genius Silences Writers
The very loss of control that boxed me into writing just for my site has been exacerbated by a tool originally built to annotate hip hop lyrics.
Read MoreYou Don’t Need to Forgive People Who Hurt You
You do not need to forgive people who have been abusive to you. You do not need to rise above them, or make peace with them, or even pity them. You need to do whatever is best for you.
Read MoreWhy “Peeple” Is Dangerous To Survivors… and, Really, Anyone
UPDATE 3/7/2016: Peeple has launched, with a new paid “truth license” that allows you to read hidden reviews to come soon. You can read my latest take here. I work in social media. It is part of my job to stay up-to-date on the myriad new social networks that spring up like weeds every day. Some […]
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