Widespread responses to sexist coverage through social media may be the solution.
Websites for organizations promoting proper portrayal of women in the media, such as Name It Change It, offer newsletters including ways to help stop negative media representation. More and more organizations have begun to send instructions of phrases to include in social media sites, such as hashtags and handles on Twitter, to bombard the social media websites of offending authors or companies.
Above is an example of a woman using Twitter to speak out against author Warren Rojas, who wrote an article titled "Somebody Spot Janet Yellen Some New Threads," written when he noticed she wore an outfit twice in one month. After negative responses calling out his sexist coverage, like the one above, he apologized and promised to not do it again.
Join to be a part of Name It Change It's action alerts here.
Above is an example of a woman using Twitter to speak out against author Warren Rojas, who wrote an article titled "Somebody Spot Janet Yellen Some New Threads," written when he noticed she wore an outfit twice in one month. After negative responses calling out his sexist coverage, like the one above, he apologized and promised to not do it again.
Join to be a part of Name It Change It's action alerts here.