Nov 19, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, mic
Published: Daily Dot (November 19, 2014) If you’ve been following the news over the past few days, you’ve probably heard about recent social experiment from Karl Stefanovic. After witnessing the constant nitpicking and harassment experienced by his female co-host, Lisa Wilkinson, the Australian TV personality decided to test how both the network and ordinary viewers would react if he wore the...
Nov 12, 2014 | Democrats, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Gender and Sexism, Internet Culture, mic, Political Parties
Published: Daily Dot (November 12, 2014) Six years ago, sexism in the media was instrumental in denying Hillary Clinton the Democratic presidential nomination. Thanks to the growth of online feminism, however, the media may be her salvation in 2016. In an interview with Politico on Monday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) took a nervy swipe at Hillary Clinton’s age by commenting that a presidential...
Nov 6, 2014 | Education, Gender and Sexism, History, mic, Race and Racism
Published: Good Men Project (November 6, 2014) Matthew Rozsa wonders if the American education system is producing good citizens. As Americans wind down from the 2014 midterm elections (and, inevitably, begin preparing for the presidential contest two years hence), this question deserves special attention. In any society even ostensibly structured according to democratic principles, the...
Nov 3, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, Internet Culture
Published: Daily Dot (November 3, 2014) Roman philosopher Seneca suggested that “shame may restrain what law does not prohibit,” and the message might as well have been directed at anyone who writes, reads, and/or comments on Internet articles. It’s time that we apply this maxim to those who attack female writers online. The doxing of Felicia Day highlighted the plight of women participating in...
Oct 23, 2014 | Bullying, Gender and Sexism, Internet Culture
Published: Daily Dot (October 23, 2014), Huffington Post (October 24, 2014) It’s hard to imagine anyone wanting to trade places with Monica Lewinsky. Not only is she destined to be remembered in textbooks as the “other woman” in one of America’s most infamous sex scandals (culminating in the first presidential impeachment since Reconstruction), but she continues to be a cheap and popular...
Oct 23, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, General Advice, mic
Published: Good Men Project (October 23, 2014), Daily Dot (October 27, 2014) Matt Rozsa doesn’t see the passion of the basement generation as necessarily a bad thing, but it needs to be used for good. “Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who’ve ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables – slaves...
Sep 27, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, mic
Published: The Good Men Project (September 27, 2014) If a female-led Ghostbusters 3 becomes a reality, what could that mean for future of female comedy writers, actors. and directors? Recently, Bill Murray made entertainment headlines by listing his picks for the new line-up to spearhead the long-awaited Ghostbusters 3. The names included Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Linda Cardellini,...
Sep 24, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, General Advice, Internet Culture, mic, Millennials
Published: The Good Men Project (September 24, 2014; republished on October 15, 2014) The backlash against statements by gaming commentator Anita Sarkeesian has writer Matthew Rozsa questioning mob mentality in the digital world. Before discussing the Anita Sarkeesian controversy – better known these days as “GamerGate” – I’d like to submit the following quote for your consideration,...
Jul 21, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, General Advice, Liskula Cohen
Published: GirlieGirlArmy (July 21, 2014) co-author: Liskula Cohen It’s interesting that Photoshop has developed such a poor reputation. Over the past week it has already made national news twice – first in a controversy over whether InStyle Magazine excessively altered Zooey Deschanel’s appearance for their cover, and now thanks to a series of Bongo ads featuring Vanessa Hudgens which go out...
Jan 21, 2014 | Conservativism, Democrats, Extremism, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, mic, Political Ideologies, Political Parties, Race and Racism, Republicans
Published: mic (January 21, 2014) You'd think that conservatives, after being repeatedly humiliated for their insensitivity toward rape victims, would have learned to be careful when discussing the plight of the marginalized and oppressed. For proof that this lesson has yet to take, let's look at one of the right wing's most obnoxious, entitled, and ill-informed rhetoric motifs: comparing...