Karolina Pol

Latent misogyny gets conflated with bullying on the internet

Amanda Todd’s death is more than just case of schoolyard bullying By Karolina Pol Image by Ben Buckley When I learned about the suicide of a girl from my own neighbourhood I was completely caught off guard. Once I got my head around the facts I was heartbroken, then offended, then furious. Like Amanda Todd, most of us have a few memories from our youth that we would rather leave in the past. For girls, these moments typically involve booze and boys: that skimpy Halloween costume you felt no shame wearing to the school dance, or that time you drank…

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