Press Play with Madeleine Brand
The Internet Takes On Domestic Abuse
The reaction to the Ray Rice abuse story took many forms on social media: There was outrage and anger, of course, and calls for the firing of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. It also raised a conversation about abuse victims, and why they often decide to stay with their abusers. We talk about that in our weekly web roundup.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readThe reaction to the Ray Rice abuse story took many forms on social media: There was outrage and anger, of course, and calls for the firing of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. It also raised a conversation about abuse victims, and why they often decide to stay with their abusers. We talk about that in our weekly web roundup. We also discuss today’s “internet slowdown” activism.
