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At last count, Hometown was up to 57 reviews, and most of them were very positive (52% 5 star and 25% 4 star bay-beee!). Unfortunately, I haven’t received the boost in readership that I expected when I hit fifty reviews. Apparently, while something does in fact happen at twenty reviews, the additional boost at fifty is a hopeful indie writers’ urban legend.
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Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark discusses the harassment of women online with Adrienne LaFrance.
Read more: Online Harassment: When Will the Internet Be Safe for Women? - The Atlantic
Recommended from ONA’s archives: Watch the ONA15 Keynote: We Belong Here: Pushing Back Against Online Harassment with Soraya Chemaly, Dr. Michelle Ferrier, Amanda Hess, Laurie Penny, and Sarah Jeong.
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