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I will be appearing on Al Jazeera English tomorrow afternoon. (And you can be a part of it too.)

I will be appearing on Al Jazeera English tomorrow talking about misogyny online. The show I’m going to appear on is called TheStream; it’s on at 3:30 PM ET.

You can watch a live stream of the show on the Al Jazeera website here.

If you want to be part of the discussion on the show, you can record a comment for the show’s producers here, or on the main page for TheStream. Some of the questions they’re asking:

Do women face more misogyny online than they do in person? Why? Does it reflect real sentiment or opportunistic, anonymous behavior? Have you experienced harassment as a woman online? What can be done about it?

I’m really looking forward to the show. It should be interesting.

If you have any suggestions about issues I should raise or points you think it’s important to make, let me know in the comments below.

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katz
12 years ago

Is…is Tom Martin referencing the Cookie Monster alphabet?

katz
12 years ago

Hang on…

Snowy
Snowy
12 years ago

Oh cool! Congrats David, I put a reminder in my phone.

Tom Martin
12 years ago

That’s Helen Lewis of the New Statesman and Guardian, who debated me on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, and is a defender of the “feminists can’t be sexist against men” faith.

Sounds like a very biased panel so far – as I suspected.

“Yeah, we’re going to be debating hatred against women from a man-hating perspective.”

I’d rather watch synchronized swimming.

ozymandias42
12 years ago

I hope you have fun, Tom! Synchronized swimming is very beautiful, and those women are such athletes.

Tom Martin
12 years ago

Click on this link and the BBC debate with me and Helen Lewis automatically starts up:

http://sexismbusters.org/

Dracula
Dracula
12 years ago

I think little Tommy is in need of some attention.

Snowy
Snowy
12 years ago

Yawn

Tom Martin
12 years ago

I think this gender debate panel is in need of some balance. Yawn.

Dracula
Dracula
12 years ago

‘Cause nuthin’ says balance like “98% percent of women are wh*res.” You’re a fuckin’ joke, Tom. Don’t insult us by pretending you’re a grownup.

magpie
12 years ago

Read the word yawn – yawned. Most suggestible Magpie ever?

RubyHypatia
RubyHypatia
12 years ago

If a guy gets a reputation for being a woman hater, it could hurt his career and social life. So it’s better for him if he does his women hating anonymously online.

katz
12 years ago

Time to begging us to visit his site: 1:47

RubyHypatia
RubyHypatia
12 years ago

Good luck with the show, David, can’t wait to see it.

Snowy
Snowy
12 years ago

Oh, and Ruby is here. Awesome.

Dracula
Dracula
12 years ago

Actually katz, I think that time’s already passed.

feministgamer
feministgamer
12 years ago

Tom – all I hear is you getting pwned by Helen.

maselphie
maselphie
12 years ago

Also, I cannot get over the irony how awful it is that there’s a rights movement that advocates primarily women and not men, but it’s all right to have entire movements only for men that hate movements primarily for women.

jumbofisch
jumbofisch
12 years ago

Will there be a recording of it posted? I don’t think I will be around when it starts but I want to see it.

CassandraSays
12 years ago

I’m guessing Tommy’s hit counter is down. Maybe he’s relying on money from web ads to pay off that 37K court bill.

lowquacks
lowquacks
12 years ago

@hard seats kid

No-one can be sexist against men. It’s not just feminists. That’s not how sexism works.

It will be interesting to see which men’s rights activist they invite on to give the other side of the story.

Oh wait, I forgot, mainstream media is institutionally misandric in its victim-femalist conformity, so won’t bother.

Another splash in the shallow end for Douchetrelle.

If it makes you happy, I’ll imagine a balding white guy yelling derogatory terms for sex workers and complaining about the furniture’s misandry after every segment, just for you. Good enough?

Sean Wills (@seanwillsalt)

As a first-time commenter on here, I am surprised and saddened by the poor quality of this site’s resident MRA trolls. nwoslave’s comments are only barely coherent, while Tom Martin is employing the kinds of rhetorical strategies I’d expect to see on a forum dedicated to arguing about which Harry Potter character is the hottest.

I give the Manboobz trolls a D. Could do better.

CassandraSays
12 years ago

(Imagines)

“That webcam is a $%$re! As are 97% of webcams, of course. Please visit my website for more information – have your credit card ready.)