MARY BELL

Mary Bell (she/her) is Managing Editor at Double-Sided Media.

Articles by MARY BELL

OREGON GROUP USING TRANSPHOBIC PANIC AROUND MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR COMEBACK
by MARY BELL | CORY ELIA | October 19, 2023
Over the last few weeks, a sleepy middle school in Oregon became the latest target of an anti-trans harassment campaign. On Sept Sept 27 a local right-wing provocateur, Ben Edtl posted a video X, formerly Twitter. The brief video, filmed in the middle school’s hallway, showed one student attacking another. Edtl primed his audience with […]
OLD NICK’S DRAG EVENT SUCCESSFUL DESPITE NATION-WIDE HATE-MONGERING, LOCAL INTIMIDATION
by JAMES CROXTON | MARY BELL | December 11, 2022
This year, the far right launched an intensified effort across the United States to intimidate, attack, and ultimately stifle the LGTBQIA+ community. Family-friendly drag queen storytime events were some of the most frequent targets, with attacks in California, Iowa, Florida, Minnesota, and Arizona among other places.. On Oct. 31, a donut shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma […]