With so much on the line, how can Trump possibly excuse his Twitter attacks as in any way normal or worthy of the dignity of the presidential office? Simply put, he can’t. Donald J. Trump is not the first president to use Twitter. That distinction belongs to former President Barack Obama, whose 2010 tweet made […]
One in 10 LGBTQ students reported that school staff was part of the harassment or assault they experienced. In the halls of New Jersey’s East Side High School on a recent Friday, 14 year-old Kylie Perez was walking toward her locker when a fellow student yelled, “There’s the tranny.” A moment later, another student hit her in the […]
One way to combat negative outcomes post-election is to raise more inclusive children. Post-election, many parents are considering how negative comments made by President-Elect Donald Trump will affect our children—both as actors and as victims. Referred to as The Trump Effect, there has been a significant increase in race and religious based taunting throughout the […]
Harassment online is a thread in an already densely woven fabric of socially acceptable and institutionalized resistance to women’s participation in the public world. This week, Chubb, a global insurance company, announced “trolling insurance,” for its U.K. customers. A person can now buy insurance protection against online harassment. Policyholders will be able to claim up […]
We talk a lot about how to keep our children from seeing violence on TV and online. We talk about parental controls. But do we talk enough about how important Internet kindness and decency is? On a recent share of an article I wrote, Facebook commenters used the following phrases to describe me: “condescending twat,” […]
