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Lisa Cornwell and Her New Memoir on Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming

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By Sophia-Joelle McDowell
Collage by Kelcie McKenney

Lisa Cornwell is a four-time Arkansas Women’s State Golf champion, a two-time AJGA first-team All-American, and a two-time All-State basketball player. In 1992 she was named the Arkansas Female Athlete of the Year and has been inducted into the Arkansas Golf and Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. 

After her strong athletic career, Cornwell found herself on the path of journalism. Before Cornwell was an on-air host for Golf Channel, she worked for the Big Ten Networks and local affiliates in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio. Over the years, she earned a reputation for delivering excellent interviews and was genuinely great at her job. 

As described in her book, Troublemaker: a Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming, Cornwell has never had a problem standing up to bullies. 

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Why we need more of the female gaze in Hollywood

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By Ayanna Smith
Art by Maddy Best

If you type “male gaze” into the search bar on Twitter or TikTok, you’ll be met with thousands of hot takes on the issue. From videos questioning whether a new TV show really gives depth to the female protagonist to explanations of why a beloved 90s film is actually super misogynistic, they all call for more media that showcases the female gaze. Let’s dive into what that means.

You know the male gaze when you see it. It’s when a female character’s purpose is to pleasure the male protagonist. We barely know anything about her or her objectives, she’s just there to help the protagonist achieve his goals. Take most of the James Bond movies as an easy example of this: his female co-stars are often objectified and seen as passive helpers. 

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Some of our faves from 2022

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By Catcall Team

Before we get too excited about the new year, we want to take a moment to honor our favorite stories from the past twelve months. It’s hard to narrow the list down, but here’s a roundup that touches the surface. This year we shut down mansplainers, shared AAPI stories, and encouraged people to diversify their feeds. Of course, we wouldn’t be Catcall without sharing our favorite sex toys and other raunchy tales too! Take a look…

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Here’s the Deal with Mansplaining and Why it Needs to Stop

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By Sophie Oswald
Illustrations by Matthew Vargas

“Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don’t,” Rebecca Solnit remarked in her essay Men Explain Things to Me. While Solnit didn’t specifically use the word “mansplain” in her popular essay, she was one of the first to discuss this phenomenon. Conversations surrounding her essay shortly resulted in the term appearing in a comment section online.

Most women, maybe even all women, have been there. Men have been explaining things in patronizing ways for centuries. 

Generally, mansplaining involves a conversation between a man and a woman, but sometimes it can happen between two men or with a man and a non-binary person.

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Women Are Making Their Place in the Streaming Community

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By Nicole Mitchell
Illustration by Katelyn Betz

It’s no secret that the online streaming platform Twitch is made up of mostly men. Featuring a variety of categories including sports, food & drink, travel, gaming, and more, Twitch is a space where everyday people can livestream their lives online for the whole world to see. One of the most popular livestreams is in the gaming category, with streamers like Ninja, Sykkuno, and Trick2g being some of the most well-known Twitch creators.

Streaming or not, the gaming industry has always been a harsh place for women—from inappropriate comments to a complete distrust in their gaming capabilities. In fact, 44% of women in gaming have experienced gender discrimination in the last year, according to a report from esports giant Evil Geniuses. “As someone with an identifiably female voice and name, [harassment] is one of the reasons I refrain from playing online games,” a woman shared in the report. This idea that women are less-than has, unsurprisingly, seeped into the gaming community of Twitch. In fact, only 35% of streamers on the platform consist of women, according to Influencer Marketing Hub.

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