Steph Guthrie on online violence

Steph Guthrie is a communications professional and community organizer based in Toronto. She is the founder and executive director of Women in Toronto Politics where she coordinates events to promote discussion in Toronto politics on and off council floor. This past summer she led a spontaneous effort to hold the maker of a misogynistic game against feminist pop culture critic Anita Sar-kee-si-an accountable. Most recently she organized take back the night block parties in areas of Toronto affected by a string of sexual assaults.

She spoke at Speak UP! an event organized at the Centre for Social Innovation in memory of the Montreal Massacre. Guthrie explained how online misogyny can be fought using social and legal tools.