Beltway Area Indymedia

NOTE: the practices described here also apply to women who dare to opine in public and private emails, even in allegedly progressive circles...
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http://www.womensenews.org/
May 24, 2006
COMMENTARY
Female Pundits Could Use Help With Hate Mail
By Heidi Schnakenberg - WeNews commentator
As a young woman, I stepped out into the treacherous
waters of opinion journalism, and was amazed by the lack of civil
discourse and the intensity of personal attacks that I received via
e-mail, letters to the editor and on Web postings.

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