misogyny

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West, one of the grande dames of the movement, got her start at Seattle alt-weekly the Stranger and spent years excoriating fatphobia, online misogyny, and male entitlement for the ur-millennial-feminist site Jezebel.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

"Education and work with young people to challenge misogyny, sexism in everyday life, remains vital too," she says.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Two women in the room said Sir Keir had agreed to consider the proposal, as well as making tackling misogyny one of his government's missions.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

"Someone has hijacked your digital body," the philosophy lecturer at Cardiff University told AFP, adding it was an "assault" and "extreme misogyny".

From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026

Hillary was Barack’s opponent, which meant that I wasn’t inclined to feel especially warmly toward her just then, but I couldn’t help but admire her ability to stand up and keep fighting amid the misogyny.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama