Women On Trial By Social Media

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TRIGGER WARNING: Subjects discussed in this podcast are disturbing and include spousal abuse, text exchanges in two suicide cases, and the ramifications of women on trial by social media. Caution is advised.

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One woman and two girls in different circumstances felled by social media, and their egos: Amber Heard, Michelle Carter, Inyoung You.

I didn’t watch the trial. I read about it but stayed away from social media until the verdict was announced, then I poured through everything to talk about it with you today.

This trial was so 1997, so I wasn’t surprised to see Monica Lewinsky writing about it in Vanity Fair.

Attacking women public figures has been going on for decades. Research Hillary Clinton. I wrote a book about the sexism and misogyny she faced in the 2008 primary season, whi ...