Commentary: Women take Congress, misogynists lash out
Just over a year ago, a writer named Kristen Roupenian published a short story in the New Yorker called "Cat Person." It chronicled a brief, mediocre romance. At first, it was hard to say what made the story newsworthy.
Still, just as #MeToo was taking off, "Cat Person" became history's first viral short story. Something in Roupenian's tale of Robert and Margot's relationship - testy, opportunistic - felt familiar. And then there was the word mild Robert uses at their breakup, when he finally believes he has nothing left to lose: "Whore."
"Cat Person" laid out the
