Kamala Harris, Nikki Haley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Jasmine Crockett. When women step into the political spotlight, they’re often met with a barrage of gendered and racialized attacks. And while there have always been hecklers, the evolution of information and communication technologies has changed the game. What does this landscape of identity-based abuse and harassment look like? What impact does it have in general? In this episode of “Ask a Feminist,” Moya Bailey, Nina Jankowicz, and Sarah Sobieraj help us understand the way intersectional inequality, technology, and politics intersect. The authors also take advantage of the critical distance we now have from the 2024 election to reflect on what Kamala Harris’s candidacy can teach us going forward.
Bailey et al. (Mon,) studied this question.