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| When the media tries too hard to 'appeal to both sides', integrity is lost | When the media tries too hard to 'appeal to both sides', integrity is lost |
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| The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you’re not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. | The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what’s happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you’re not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. |
| Trump-era media really is something else. Otherwise smart and interesting publications are working so hard to “appeal to both sides” that they’ve completely abandoned their integrity in the process. | Trump-era media really is something else. Otherwise smart and interesting publications are working so hard to “appeal to both sides” that they’ve completely abandoned their integrity in the process. |
| Take the Atlantic, who announced a new roster of high-profile columnists this week, including Kevin D Williamson – a writer who compared a nine-year-old black child to a primate, and who argued that women that have abortions – along with their doctors and nurses – should be executed by hanging. (In case you were wondering, yes, this is a literal plotline in The Handmaid’s Tale. Chapter 6.) | Take the Atlantic, who announced a new roster of high-profile columnists this week, including Kevin D Williamson – a writer who compared a nine-year-old black child to a primate, and who argued that women that have abortions – along with their doctors and nurses – should be executed by hanging. (In case you were wondering, yes, this is a literal plotline in The Handmaid’s Tale. Chapter 6.) |
| When I asked the Atlantic for comment, a spokesperson responded that the magazine has “a large number of contributors who represent a broad spectrum of views”. She wrote that while “diverse viewpoints” are core to the magazine’s mission, they have “strict standards for how these viewpoints are expressed in our pages”. | When I asked the Atlantic for comment, a spokesperson responded that the magazine has “a large number of contributors who represent a broad spectrum of views”. She wrote that while “diverse viewpoints” are core to the magazine’s mission, they have “strict standards for how these viewpoints are expressed in our pages”. |
| In other words, the Atlantic doesn’t mind employing a marquee columnist who thinks women should be hanged for having abortions so long as he doesn’t say as much in the magazine. | |
| But believing America should execute women in genocidal numbers (one in four women in this country will have an abortion) is not a “diverse viewpoint” – and the fact that one of the nation’s leading political magazines could defend it as such indicates a serious moral crisis in mainstream media. | But believing America should execute women in genocidal numbers (one in four women in this country will have an abortion) is not a “diverse viewpoint” – and the fact that one of the nation’s leading political magazines could defend it as such indicates a serious moral crisis in mainstream media. |
| Glass half full | Glass half full |
| The March for Our Lives is this weekend in Washington – and I, for one, cannot wait to see America’s kids in action. (Already this week they’ve guest-edited Guardian US.) | |
| What I’m RTing | What I’m RTing |
| There are some colleges who both close their dining halls and charge students to stay on campus during spring break. For a poor students who can't afford to leave in the first place, this is a huge deal. Important research from @tony_jack. https://t.co/kReGtSHOJb | There are some colleges who both close their dining halls and charge students to stay on campus during spring break. For a poor students who can't afford to leave in the first place, this is a huge deal. Important research from @tony_jack. https://t.co/kReGtSHOJb |
| Replies to this tweet-many saying how much they miss CR-are stark evidence of how firmly we’re set to empathize with & admire powerful men & not to feel same for the women they’re alleged to have abused, whose work & wellbeing we’re more rarely exposed to or encouraged to value. https://t.co/KnaAxSdJ4v | Replies to this tweet-many saying how much they miss CR-are stark evidence of how firmly we’re set to empathize with & admire powerful men & not to feel same for the women they’re alleged to have abused, whose work & wellbeing we’re more rarely exposed to or encouraged to value. https://t.co/KnaAxSdJ4v |
| One lesson I wish folks would learn from this moment: Take misogynistic jokes seriously. Not every joker will go on to harass, but a culture of shrugging off jokes lets harassment flourish. https://t.co/OAHqqWXMSe | One lesson I wish folks would learn from this moment: Take misogynistic jokes seriously. Not every joker will go on to harass, but a culture of shrugging off jokes lets harassment flourish. https://t.co/OAHqqWXMSe |
| We spend so much time arguing about the "politically incorrect" through the lens of Milo and Richard Spencer, and not on stuff like this: a Wisconsin school district just limited discussions of racism after a MLK program made white families uncomfortable https://t.co/wPyWPvwMnC | We spend so much time arguing about the "politically incorrect" through the lens of Milo and Richard Spencer, and not on stuff like this: a Wisconsin school district just limited discussions of racism after a MLK program made white families uncomfortable https://t.co/wPyWPvwMnC |
| Who I’m reading | Who I’m reading |
| Cecile Richards in her new book, Make Trouble; the inimitable Elena Ferrante on feminism; and the New York Times in an incredible look at just how much racism black boys face. | Cecile Richards in her new book, Make Trouble; the inimitable Elena Ferrante on feminism; and the New York Times in an incredible look at just how much racism black boys face. |
| What I’m watching | What I’m watching |
| A video on why female condoms are so damn hard to get. | A video on why female condoms are so damn hard to get. |
| How outraged I am | How outraged I am |
| Twitter is failing women. In a new Amnesty report, the human rights organization shows the sheer vitriol directed at women on Twitter and how the social media company does little to remedy it. (Full disclosure – the harassment I’ve faced is part of the report.) On a scale of one to 10, I’m at an eight – mostly because I’m too tired to be any more furious. | Twitter is failing women. In a new Amnesty report, the human rights organization shows the sheer vitriol directed at women on Twitter and how the social media company does little to remedy it. (Full disclosure – the harassment I’ve faced is part of the report.) On a scale of one to 10, I’m at an eight – mostly because I’m too tired to be any more furious. |
| How I’m making it through this week | How I’m making it through this week |
| Friday was National Puppy Day (I LOVE these made up internet holidays) and the pictures did not disappoint. | Friday was National Puppy Day (I LOVE these made up internet holidays) and the pictures did not disappoint. |
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