There Are No Girls on the Internet

If a Congressman is racist and nobody reports on it, does it make a sound?

After Georgia Congressman Mike Collins tweeted in support of frat guys harassing a Black woman with racist tropes… nothing really happened. Popular Information's Judd Legum explores why we need better stories about our democracy, the intersection of media complacency with corporate money, and what's at stake. UPDATE: Congressman Collins feels the heat: <a href="https://popular.info/p/update-congressman-collins-feels">https://popular.info/p/update-congressman-collins-feels</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.