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• In Media Res
  Re: Celebrity resistance to #MeToo and #TimesUp

  All too easy to silence and disregard women

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  Spring Duvall Salem College

  Monday, January 29, 2018 — 10:34 pm

  The Woody Allen case is really fascinating because it shows how a key mechanism for powerful men to maintain their careers and defend themselves against accusers has been to render those women "crazy, "unstable," and therefore unbelievable. ...
• In Media Res
  Re: “Feminism is for everybody”: Atwood and Moss on The Handmaid’s Tale

  Celebrity feminism

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  Spring Duvall Salem College

  Thursday, January 25, 2018 — 7:09 pm

  Having read the book and closely watched Moss navigate the current #MeToo climate, I am struck by how her initial response echoes the years and years of celebrities claiming to be "humanist not feminist" in their attempts to avoid controversy. I ...
• In Media Res
  Re: The Internet’s Commandeering of Bernie Sanders

  Birdie Sanders?

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  Spring Duvall Salem College

  Thursday, October 6, 2016 — 3:08 pm

  I am fascinated by the notion that in capturing the all-important "youth vote" a candidate may become associated with the negative stereotypes of a young generation. What do you think about the Birdie Sanders phenomenon in this light? It was cle ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Hashtag Activism vs. Hacktivism

  Hacking power

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  Spring Duvall Salem College

  Saturday, October 8, 2016 — 2:49 pm

  I worry about this exact same issue. It can be easier, depending on your views on society and power, to cheer on hacktivism that seems deeply rooted in old school hacker culture from back in the day (here's the hacker's manifesto for reference h ...