of all the hate and the fear. And love did arrive, in the form of Kamala Devi. Another woman spoke of her subgroup—“Witches for Harris” I was thrown back in time to the late ‘60s early ‘70s Second Wave Feminism that changed my life when I was young. It was then that I learn...
After a transgression, brands commonly use post-transgression communications to minimize consumer backlash (Coombs,2007). Communication research shows that the effectiveness of these responses depends on framing—that is, the effort to “select some aspects of a perceived reality and make them more sal...
Feminized Management and Backlash Toward Agentic Women: The Hidden Costs to Women of a Kinder, Gentler Image of Middle Managers. Women who display masculine, agentic traits are viewed as violating prescriptions of feminine niceness (L. A. Rudman, 1998). By legitimizing niceness as an... Rudman...
Though seldom acknowledged by sociologists today, colorblindness was central in the fight against racial inequality after the end of slavery and during the subsequent racist backlash that occurred in the South (Hughes, 2024). Colorblindness was also featured prominently in the rhetoric of the Civil...
The backlash against Taika Waititi has manifested stronger than ever with his newest Rotten Tomatoes score, raising the question of what changed.
“Barbara was a pioneer among women law professors who influenced and helped many women across the country. She was particularly kind to me when I was a young visiting professor at the University of Texas,” said Oregon Law Professor Emerita Leslie Harris. “We were so delighted when she re...
However, at the time, Del Rey was able to soothe her listeners with a reminder that alluded to the chaos and destruction of the past—cataclysmic periods in history like World War II or the tumult of the Vietnam War backlash during the late 1960s. In other words, political shitshows are...
The indictment makes clear that Sullivan was a key player in the Clinton campaign’s efforts to publicize the Alfa Bank disinformation. It records how Sussmann was“alerted”to the Alfa Bank allegations by his tech executive client in July 2016, and“over the ensuing weeks, as part of their ...
There has been a backlash to technology since historical memories began.Every new form of communication has attracted criticism for increasing the pace of life.For example,people once feared that cars travelling at 20 to 30 miles per hour might rob their passengers of oxygen...
The Scottish Prison Service's (SPS) decision to initially house Bryson in segregation at Cornton Vale,Scotland'sonly all-female jail, led to backlash from the public and politicians. Read more: Transgender woman found guilty of rape when she was a man ...