Welcome to the Waves, Slates Podcast about gender, feminism, and the list of boys' names

written on the girls' bathroom wall.

Every episode you get a new pair of women to talk about the things we can't get off our

minds.

Today you've got me, Heather Schuadel, a staff writer at Slate.

And me, Rebecca Anjane, a senior editor for Slate.

This week we're discussing a controversial long form article that appears on the cover

of the latest issue of New York magazine under the headline, Canceled at 17.

Written by Elizabeth Wheel, it's about a high school student named Diego who gets quote

unquote, canceled for showing a nude photo of his then-girlfriend to some other kids,

and everything that comes after that.

The thing that really fascinated me about this story initially is the dynamics of it are

just the exact opposite of what I would have expected them to be during my own high

school years in the 2000s.

Then it was unimaginable that the whole school would stand up for Fiona, Diego's ex and

ostracized Diego.

But that's what happens in this story.

And that's progress.

And is it though, Rebecca, why did you want to talk about this?

I thought the way that this was written was extremely fascinating.

It's designed to make the reader feel sympathy for this guy who did something that is very

wrong, uncomfortable and upsetting.

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