Browse Items (35 total)

Emanuella Grinberg examines the importance of #YesAllWomen. The hashtag, with over 1.2 million tweets after the first couple of days of its start, outpaced other hashtags that focused on women's rights. Grinberg argues #Yesallwomen is important…

The blog, Vox, tweeted how seven in ten assaults against women are perpetrated by an intimate partner. They include a graph demonstrating their tweet. This tweet shows how major blogs and new sites were discussing the #YesAllWomen hashtag. It also…

Elliott Rogers posted a youtube video before the Isla Vista Shooting. He claims he is seeking retribution because women rejected him. His video is cited as evidence of the sense of entitlement men have towards women and sex.

The backlash over the #YesAllWomen hashtag spread to Wikipedia. Users edited the page to make it less "misandrist" and to gave the page what they perceived to be a more neutral point of view. Kate Dries's article documents the changes made to the…

Fionolo Meredith sympathizes with the angry and pain behind the #YesAllWomen movements. However, Meredith argues the hashtag is useless against endemic misogyny. Meredith believes the #YesAllWomen movement will be forgotten when another controversial…

Sasha Weiss joined the #YesAllWomen conversation by adding her story of sexual harassment from a man on a train platform. Weiss argues #YesAllWomen is needed because it demonstrates Elliott Roger's ideas came from attitudes surrounding women.

Before the shooting at Isla Vista, Elliot Rodger sent a manuscript outlining his grievances against women and his contempt for minorities. He described his life and his frustration over not having a girlfriend. Rodger specially mentioned a War on…

Gildedspine created the #YesAllWomen on Twitter and started the conversation on the everyday sexism and misogyny women face. The user, Gildedspine, deleted her original post after facing harassment for original tweet and the creation of the…

Soraya Chemaly's tweet tells how men shoot and throw acid on girls to stop them from to going to school. The tweet shows the backlash against the #YesAllWomen hashtag.

#YesAllWomen's influence reaches popular actresses, such as Sophia Bush. The tv actress, Sophia Bush, describes how women should not have to carry their keys as a weapon and have to keep looking over their shoulders.