Mid-#donglegate, 4chan launched a DDoS attack on Adria Richards's company, SendGrid, to try to get her fired. She lost her job. Here's what happened.
On Mar 21, 2013 by Kris Holt
Adria Richards, who caused an online outrage over a "big dongles" joke at a programmers' conference called PyCon, has been fired—publicly, on Facebook.
The object of the satirical web game is to be named the Uber Misogynist.
On Mar 15, 2013 by Aja Romano
Asher Wolf founder CryptoParty to build a bridge between hackers and people who wanted to educate themselves about online surveillance, but sexist treatment has forced her out of the movement she started.
On Dec 28, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Good Guy Greg, meet Good Girl Gina. Gender parity in Internet culture is a good thing, right? Well, not when Gina's good deeds are limited to this.
On Nov 28, 2012 by Fernando Alfonso III
Cosplayer and fashion designer Mandy Caruso found support on Tumblr after being harassed by an interviewer at New York Comic Con.
On Oct 16, 2012 by Aja Romano
The pop-culture critic behind Feminist Frequency got more than she bargained for on Kickstarter.
On Jun 8, 2012 by Lauren Rae Orsini
For every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction. That's how r/ShitRedditSays became a force to be reckoned with.
On Mar 23, 2012 by Kevin Morris
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to fighting hate and bigotry, calls out Reddit's section, r/MensRights.
On Mar 9, 2012 by Kevin Collier
Turns out that the guy behind @MensHumor, an account known better for misogyny than mirth, also runs other offensive Twitter accounts.
On Feb 22, 2012 by Jordan Valinsky
A woman savaged by video-game fanboys finds defenders online.
On Feb 21, 2012 by Fruzsina Eördögh
Holly Anderson took on her mostly misogynistic haters on Twitter after they criticized her football blog in a less-than-eloquent fashion.
On Feb 9, 2012 by Kevin Collier