J.K. Rowling: push back on hate speech
2018-04-19
I'm tired of this 'don't feed the troll' advice. Ignoring racist abuse leaves targets feeling isolated and unsupported. Hate loves silence, which it takes for consent. pic.twitter.com/f1UlKlECoc — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) April 18, 2018Continue Reading
Literary review stands up to publisher over hate speech
2017-01-05
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jan/04/simon-schuster-alt-right-hate-breitbart-milo-yiannopoulos?CMP=share_btn_tw But Yiannapoulos is not a conservative intellectual leader with a political agenda. He’s a clickbait grifter who has made a name for himself spewing hate speech. As the editor-in-chief of a small literary review, I wanted Simon & Schuster to know that broadcasting his rhetoric would have real-world consequences.Continue Reading