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Women In Sports Face Online Harassment: ‘I Hope A Hockey Player Beats You To Death’ – VIDEO

By Kimberley Johnson on Twitter, Women's Issues

Women In Sports Face Online Harassment: ‘I Hope A Hockey Player Beats You To Death’ – VIDEO

Men recite threatening tweets sent to women in sports. Julie DiCaro and Sarah Spain earn their living writing about sports. But there’s a problem. They’re women. This means they receive an inordinate amount of loathsome and threatening harassment from depraved Twitter trolls. Everything from name-calling to rape and death threats. The women appeared in a […]

Rape Threats Made To Woman From Viral Catcall Video

By Kimberley Johnson on Feminism, PSAs, Women's Issues

Rape Threats Made To Woman From Viral Catcall Video

Shoshana Roberts,  the aspiring actress who was catcalled more than 100 times as she walked the streets of Manhattan, has reportedly received online rape threats. According to Emily May, co-founder and executive director of Hollaback, her office has been getting threatening phone calls since the public service announcement went live. Roberts has also been receiving menacing emails that […]