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The myth of cancel culture: Why racists have bestsellers

Benjamin JoffeOp-eds OpinionsApril 3, 2021

#OPINION The cancel culture preached by right-wing press is a fallacy. When it comes to causing substantial consequences for those who abuse their high positions, social media outcry often has no significant effect.

Listen to women when they say they’ve been sexually harassed, especially women in sports

Matt LindsayOp-eds OpinionsMarch 31, 2021April 13, 2021

#OPINION We need gender inclusivity in every regard, but especially in sports. Until we can collectively realize that what men in sports are doing is wrong, we are never going to truly achieve equality in sports, or anything else.

Medusa statue emerges as A #MeToo heroine in Lower Manhattan

Justin MitselmakherArts CultureOctober 29, 2020

Argentinian artist Luciano Garbati unveiled his sculpture “Medusa with the Head of Perseus” in Manhattan’s Collect Pond Park on Tuesday, October 13. The statue is part of the Art in the Parks Program and will remain in the park until April 2021.

Cancel culture needs to be canceled

Xenia GonikbergOpinionsDecember 2, 2019December 2, 2019

Cancel culture has gone mainstream. When a person, famous or not, is called out on Twitter or other media platforms for mean or insensitive remarks they have made in the past, they get “canceled.”

Misandry in feminism is real and needs to be addressed

Andrew InfantinoOpinionsSeptember 15, 2019September 22, 2019

In the wake of #MeToo and Brett Kavanaugh, feminists have become increasingly vocal that men should be held accountable for sexual misconduct and discrimination.

Lincoln Center’s “My Fair Lady” is an old musical with modern feminist values

Kraig KleinArtsFebruary 9, 2019February 9, 2019

“My Fair Lady” is an adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play “Pygmalion,” a variation of the Greek myth of Pygmalion. In the original myth, Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with his statue of a woman, and after praying to the goddess Aphrodite, his fetishized statue is brought to life.

#MeToo

Listen to women when they say they’ve been sexually harassed, especially women in sports

Medusa statue emerges as A #MeToo heroine in Lower Manhattan

Misandry in feminism is real and needs to be addressed

Lincoln Center’s “My Fair Lady” is an old musical with modern feminist values

#HimToo is the #AllLivesMatter of #MeToo

Men who are falsely accused need more recognition

Brooklyn artist launches illustrated series about sexual harassment

Review: Sabrina enchants viewers in new Netflix show