{"product_id":"to-those-who-have-confused-you-to-be-a-person-words-as-violence-and-stories-of-womens-resistance-online-hardcover","title":"To Those Who Have Confused You to Be a Person: Words as Violence and Stories of Women's Resistance Online - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlia Dastagir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgently needed reckoning with the harm, harassment, and abuse women face on the Internet, complicating how we think about violence online and featuring deep reporting on how women are surviving the trauma--by an award-winning reporter\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Alia Dastagir published a story for \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e as part of an investigation into child sexual abuse, she became the tar­get of an online mob launched by QAnon and encouraged by Donald Trump, Jr. While female journalists, politicians, academ­ics, and influencers receive a disproportionate amount of online attacks because of the nature of their professions, all women online experience hate, creating profound harms for individual women and society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eTo Those Who Have Confused You to Be a Person, \u003c\/i\u003e Dastagir uses critical analysis from psychologists, sociologists, neuroscientists, technologists, and philosophers to offer a uniquely deep and intimate look at what women experience during online abuse, as well as how they cope and make meaning out of violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDastagir weaves together her story with those of thirteen other women, including a comedian who uses feminist humor to subvert her harassment and an ob-gyn who channels anger over her abuse to fight attacks on reproductive rights. Dastagir explores why language online cannot be ignored, how it damages bodies, when it triggers and traumatizes, and why women's responses are so varied. Dastagir analyzes why online abuse is perpetrated by people across the ideological spectrum and how it intersects with the dangers of disinformation. She argues that while online abuse is often framed exclusively as a problem of misogyny, it is also connected to a culture of white supremacy and the systems with which it intertwines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Those Who Have Confused You to Be a Person\u003c\/i\u003e is the book on online abuse for this cultural moment, when being online is a daily necessity for so many, even as we grow ever more polarized. Systemic solutions are key to combating violence online, but the narrative of reform does not help women today. This nuanced examination of what it means to effectively cope will empower women to raise their voices against the forces bent on silencing them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlia Dastagir\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning former reporter for \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e who frequently covers gender and mental health. Dastagir was one of eight U.S. recipients of the prestigious Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism. She won a first-place National Headliner Award for a series on suicide and was the first winner of the American Association of Suicidology's Public Service Journalism Award. The Media Awards Committee for the Council on Contemporary Families named her story on America's lack of affordable childcare the winner for Outstanding Media Coverage of Family Issues. She is currently pursuing an MFA in creative writing at NYU, where she is an Axinn fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.3 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 25, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53337155404141,"sku":"9780593727843","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/kR0dzOwwTo9780593727843.webp?v=1778926403","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/to-those-who-have-confused-you-to-be-a-person-words-as-violence-and-stories-of-womens-resistance-online-hardcover","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}