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Soraya Chemaly

Washington, D.C.
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Feminist. Irate but like to laugh. Reluctant expert in online hate. Author of best-selling Rage Becomes Her and just-released The Resilience Myth.

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Soraya Chemaly’s Biography

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Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning writer and media critic whose writing appears regularly in national and international media including The Atlantic, The Nation, Verge, Quartz, TIME, Salon, The Guardian and The New Statesman. She speaks frequently on topics related to inclusivity, free speech, sexualized violence, data and technology. She is the director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project and organizer of the Safety and Free Speech Coalition, an international civil society network dedi…

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The Unsafety Net: How Social Media Turned Against Women

The Unsafety Net: How Social Media Turned Against Women

Under the banner of free speech, companies like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have been host to rape videos …

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The secret rules of the internet

The secret rules of the internet

Julie Mora-Blanco remembers the day, in the summer of 2006, when the reality of her new job sunk in. A recent…

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Surprise: men still greatly outnumber women in US and UK arts publications | Soraya Chemaly

Surprise: men still greatly outnumber women in US and UK arts publications | Soraya Chemaly

Today, as they have every year since 2009, VIDA: Women in The Literary Arts, an organization dedicated to gen…

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Silicon Valley sexism: why it matters that the internet is made by men, for men

Silicon Valley sexism: why it matters that the internet is made by men, for men

During the past year there has been an explosion of research about, and public interest in, the tech industry…

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Perspective | What school dress codes have to do with Harvey Weinstein

Perspective | What school dress codes have to do with Harvey Weinstein

The recent fire hose of revelations about Hollywood's culture of tolerance for sexual harassment and assault …

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In Orlando, as Usual, Domestic Violence Was Ignored Red Flag

In Orlando, as Usual, Domestic Violence Was Ignored Red Flag

Early Sunday morning, Omar Mateen began killing people in what became the worst mass shooting in U.S. history…

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How to dismantle male supremacy with Soraya Chemaly

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By Shannon Watts, Soraya Chemaly
| Substack
Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning writer, activist, and director known for her influential work on feminism, gender justice, and women’s rights. She is the author of the critically acclaimed book Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger (2018), which explores how women are socialized to suppress anger and the transformative potential of channeling that emotion constructively.
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Soraya Chemaly: Male Supremacy

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By Zawn Villines Verified, Soraya Chemaly
| Liberating Motherhood (Podcast)
Why is misogyny so widespread, even when men claim to love and care about women, even among those who believe they are feminists? Male supremacy helps explain this phenomenon. The Institute for Research on Male Supremacism defines male supremacy as follows: [A] cultural, political, economic, and social system, in which cisgender men disproportionately control status, power, and resources, and women, trans men, and non-binary people are subordinated.
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The Emotional Toll of Living With Institutional Betrayal

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By Soraya Chemaly
| DAME Magazine Verified
Abuse, denial, and political impunity are eroding social trust and creating cognitive dissonance. What is the antidote? This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism? “I have a sick feeling in my stomach all the time,” a friend said to me at dinner last week. “I’m having trouble sleeping,” said another during a recent work phone call.
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