We live in a world where most people still subscribe to the belief that shame is a good tool for keeping people in line. Not only is this wrong, but it’s dangerous. Shame is highly correlated with addiction, violence, aggression, depression, eating disorders, and bullying.

worry that the persecution complex that drives so much social-media discourse is robbing us of the ability to have productive discussions—about what it really means for a woman to be in control of her image or to “own” her sexuality. Is that even possible in this patriarchal, profit-obsessed society? Great art requires artists, of course, but it... See more