The Power of Women’s Anger with Soraya Chemaly
Hello Fabulous Spilling Chai listeners! How are you? Welcome to Season 2, Episode 8 of the show coming to you from Washington, DC. I am your host, Anushay Hossain.
While many of you who follow my work may know that I am a massive feminist, how many of you know that I am actually a raging feminist? Feminism for me is more than just believing in womenβs equal rights as human beings. I also rely on it in a very spiritual way as well– to hold me up, to give me hope, inspiration, and motivation.
A lot of this comes from the women in my life, especially the feminist writers and authors who over the course of my career have become mentors and friends, and whose work–and words– feed my soul. One such person for me is Soraya Chemaly and she is our guest today!
Soraya Chemaly an award-winning author and activist. She writes and speaks frequently on topics related to gender norms, inclusivity, social justice, free speech, sexualized violence, and technology. The former Executive Director of The Representation Project and Director and co-founder of the Womenβs Media Center Speech Project, she has long been committed to expanding womenβs civic and political participation.
Soraya is also the author ofΒ Rage Becomes Her:Β The Power ofΒ Womenβs Anger,Β which was recognized as a Best Book of 2018 by the Washington Post, Fast Company, Psychology Today, and NPR and has been translated into multipleΒ languages. She isΒ a contributor to several anthologies, most recentlyΒ Free Speech in the Digital AgeΒ andΒ Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change The World.Β SorayaΒ is also a co-producer of a WMC PSA highlighting the effects of online harassment on women in politics in America.Β Her workΒ is featured widely in media, documentaries, books, and academic research.Β As an activist, Ms. Chemaly spearheaded successful campaigns challenging corporations to address online hate and harassment, restrictive content moderation and censorship, and institutional biases that affect free speech.
Soraya currently serves on the national boardΒ of the Women’s Media Center and is a former board member of Emerge America, Women, Action and The Media, andΒ the DC Volunteer Lawyers Project.Β She has also served onΒ the advisory councils of Trajectory Women, Women in Journalism, the CenterΒ for Democracy and Technology, VIDA, Secular Woman, FORCE: Upsetting Rape Culture, No Bully, and Common Sense Media DC.Β
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