Alyssa Milano

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Among the types Nicole Tersigni describes in her book are concern trolls, who ‘use their faux-worry to undermine or criticise you’. Courtesy Chronicle Books
Men to avoid: The mansplainer, the sexpert, the patroniser
  • Books
  • August 17, 2020, 06:00

This story begins, as so many do these days, on Twitter. In May 2019, Nicole Tersigni, a US-based writer, logged on to the social-media platform at th(...)

Alyssa Milano: ‘Join me by not having sex until we get bodily autonomy back.’ Photograph: Angela Weiss/AFP/Getty
Alyssa Milano calls for sex strike in protest at new US abortion laws

The American actor Alyssa Milano has ignited social media with a tweet calling for women to join her in a sex strike to protest against strict new abo(...)

‘It’s so pervasive for younger women and particularly women in less powerful roles in workplaces,’ Senator Ivana Bacik said. Photograph: Ronan McGreevy
Ivana Bacik says #MeToo helped women like her speak out

Labour Senator Ivana Bacik has said sexual harassment is “absolutely pervasive” in the workplace and she experienced it herself. Ms Bacik told the P(...)

Harvey Weinstein has denied having non-consensual sex with anyone. File photograph: Andrew Kelly/Reuters
Thousands of women tweet #MeToo in wake of Weinstein claims
  • World
  • October 16, 2017, 21:12

Tens of thousands of women are recounting being sexually harassed or assaulted by flooding social media with the hashtag #MeToo in the wake of claims (...)

US blues legend BB King performs onstage during the 45th Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux in 2011. Photograph: Valentin Flauraud/Reuters
Tributes flood in for blues musician BB King
  • US
  • May 15, 2015, 09:57

Tributes have begun flooding in for blues legend BB King, who has died at the age of 89.His lawyer Brent Bryson said that King, who suffered from diab(...)

US actor Paul Walker poses in a car for photographers to promote 2 Fast 2 Furious in 2003. Walker died in a car crash in California yesterday. Photograph: Emilio Naranjo/EPA
‘Fast and Furious’ actor Paul Walker dies in car crash
  • US
  • December 1, 2013, 09:14

Actor Paul Walker, best known for his roles in the Fast and the Furious action movies, died yesterday in a car crash in Southern California, his publi(...)