Getting Harassed For Exposing Sexual Harassment
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Greta Johnsen
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2018
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Speaking out about traumatic incidents can sometimes be more traumatic than the incidents themselves. That was the case for one reporter after she documented rampant sexual harassment at a recent music festival.
Vera Papisova is the wellness editor for Teen Vogue and runs the magazine’s sexual assault awareness campaign. After Teen Vogue published her explosive article about sexual assault at Coachella 2018, Papisova became the target of internet trolls.
“People usually say, ‘Ignore the trolls,’ and ‘Don’t read the comments,’” Papisova tells Nerdette. “I went against both of those. I broke both of those rules.”
Papisova tells us about her experience at the festival, how she’s been responding to her online harassers, and what she’s doing to maintain her sanity.
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| 0:14.6 | Hey before we get started with this episode I just want to warn you this |
| 0:19.2 | interview does have descriptions of harassment so it might be upsetting to some listeners. |
| 0:25.4 | Here we go. |
| 0:27.0 | From W.B. Z Chicago I am Greta Johnson and this is Power Up, a project from |
| 0:35.2 | Nerdat Podcast where we talk to fascinating people about how they set themselves up |
| 0:39.4 | for success in what can be an exhausting world. |
| 0:43.0 | One extra exhausting part of the world is sexual assault. |
| 0:48.0 | It's a topic that's gotten lots more attention since the Me Too movement has begun |
| 0:52.0 | and the conversation is happening all over the place in workplaces and |
| 0:56.8 | Hollywood sets and music festivals |
| 1:00.9 | It's supposed to be a time to let loose and have fun, but many women say they can't do that |
| 1:05.7 | because they're constantly watching out for unwanted advances. |
| 1:09.1 | But how safe are women attending America's Premier Music Festival more and more. |
| 1:14.0 | In close quarters like this at a concert like Coachella you can certainly see how a guy could |
| 1:19.1 | grab a girl without her consent. |
| 1:21.8 | It's not just Coachella. Our guest this week is Vera Papisova, the wellness editor for Teen Vogue. |
| 1:26.7 | She recently attended Coachella, a music festival in Southern California, that this year featured |
| 1:31.6 | artists like Haim and the weekend and of course |
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