They became notorious for trying to harass Asian women off the internet. The racial trauma of the past year has only emboldened them.
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India’s Vaccine Gender Gap
ASTHA RAJVANSHI /
Slate
Government data reveals nearly 17 percent more men than women have received a shot. Sexism and misinformation are keeping women from getting the shot.
Does It Take a Murder to Make an HBO Show About Women a Hit?
Anna Nordburg /
Slate
"Why has this framing device—using a murder mystery as a vehicle to explore stories about women and mothers—become so ubiquitous? Is it just the cold hard math that complex, layered stories about women need a murder to sell the plot, a sort of “come for the crime and stay for the drama” approach? Or is that the conventions of the detective show allow a different kind of freedom, a subversive lens to tell women-centered stories?"
Punk Was Never Just for White Dudes
Sofia Andrade /
Slate
“I want to make sure that people don’t paint the L.A. punk scene as being a white, male scene because it never was. It was always inclusive, and it was created by, not only open to, but created by women and queers and people of color.”
Is this the end of the leotard?
REBECCA SCHUMAN /
Slate
The German gymnastics team’s full-body uniforms are a bold statement against sexualization and wedgies.The German gymnastics team’s full-body uniforms are a bold statement against sexualization and wedgies.
How #MeToo Changed Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s New Hemingway Docuseries
Abigail Covington /
Slate
The co-directors of a new docuseries explain how the literary icon embodied both toxic masculinity and gender fluidity.
How the NCAA Has Been Screwing Over Women’s Sports for Years
Alex Kirschner /
Slate
Men’s and women’s sports have received different treatment for as long as they have existed. This isn’t the result of neglect but of a series of deliberate choices by the NCAA and its member schools, who shield each other from accountability.
When Wearing the Wrong Pants Could Land You in Prison
Rachelle Hampton /
Slate
Changes in dress codes and fashion law tend to emerge during periods of intense social change. It makes sense, then, that these dress codes often police expressions of sexuality or attempt to create visual boundaries between racial, religious, class, and gender categories.
Unemployment statistics don’t tell the whole story.
The Capitol Riot Was an Expression of Violent Male Rage
Christina Cauterucci /
Slate
Wednesday’s siege loudly named and further entrenched the Republican Party as the party of white supremacy and male entitlement. It was performed on behalf of Trump, who rose to power on a wave of anger at women and people of color in positions of authority.
There’s Something Icky About the Internet’s Ecstatic Stacey Abrams Worship
and RACHELLE HAMPTONChristina CauterucciJulia Craven /
Slate
"What I’ve seen over and over is white liberals publicly posting this effusive praise for Black women but whenever those Black women disagree with them on something, it’s suddenly crickets."
We Analyzed the Comments on the Atrocious “Dr. Jill Biden” Op-Ed
ANNA GIFTY OPOKU-AGYEMAN and DOMINIC RUSSEL /
Slate
Female commenters were more likely to identify sexism and misogyny in the article as compared with male commenters. Male readers, even if they disagreed with Epstein’s opinion, often didn’t interpret it as inherently sexist, instead focusing on other aspects of the piece.