EJ Dickson

Bio

Ej Dickson is Mic's Connections editor. A former lifestyle editor at the Daily Dot, Ej has also written for Salon, Vice, the Awl, the Hairpin and Women's Health Magazine. She does a middling impersonation of R&B star Macy Gray.

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Anthony Weiner's problem isn't porn or sex addiction — it's Anthony Weiner
By EJ Dickson
Anthony Weiner has had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week — and Pamela Anderson wants you to think it's because of an illness.  Anderson, joined by fellow armchair dick pic-ologist Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, penned an op-ed Wednesday in the…
Elizabeth Smart says porn made her sexual assault worse — is she right?
By EJ Dickson
In 2002, when she was 14, Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom in Utah. Over the next nine months, Smart was repeatedly raped by her abductor, drifter Brian David Mitchell until March 2003, when she was rescued by someone who recognized…
Usain Bolt wins unprecedented "triple triple" at 2016 Rio Olympics
By EJ Dickson
To conclude the 2016 Rio Olympic games, Jamaican runner Usain Bolt broke an Olympic record by winning the 4x200 men's relay race, leading his team to victory with a time of 37.27 seconds.  This victory marks Bolt's 9th Olympic gold medal, meaning…
Guess what? 'Harry Potter' fans are way less likely to vote for Trump, study finds
By EJ Dickson
You've probably never wondered whether fans of your favorite subcultures — say, Trekkies, or Twi-hards — are more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump in November. Well, it turns out that a University of Pennsylvania professor has,…
The new teaser for 'Hairspray! Live' is out, so rejoice, theater dorks
By EJ Dickson
Listen, the 2007 film version of Hairspray was pretty lit. The costumes were on point. Nikki Blonsky was adorable. Even John Travolta was undeniably sassy AF, his inability to hit any and all of the notes in his songs be damned.  Yet with a new…
Donald Trump asks black voters: "What do you have to lose?"
By EJ Dickson
It's an understatement to say Donald Trump isn't known for his sensitivity with regards to racial issues. Yet he sunk to new lows at a rally Friday evening in Michigan, where he regurgitated every single stereotype about people of color under the…
Ivanka Trump, a 'champion of working women,' doesn't pay her female interns
By EJ Dickson
Throughout her father's campaign, Ivanka Trump has been known as the sane, clear-headed Trump (which is kind of like saying someone is the most sexually virile person at a party for eunuchs, but we digress). She's also established herself as a…
Usain Bolt wins his 8th Olympic gold medal in the 200m
By EJ Dickson
Usain Bolt, widely regarded as the fastest man alive, just backed up that label with yet another gold medal. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, the 29-year-old athlete clinched a gold medal during the 200m men's race, making this his eighth Olympic gold…
This mom wanted a T-shirt for her autistic daughter — so the internet sent her 150 of them
By EJ Dickson
Like many 10-year-old girls, Cami Skouson has a favorite shirt that she loves to wear all the time. It's pink and it has brightly colored flowers, with ruffles on the bottom. Cami loves the shirt so much that her mom Deborah has bought her four…
Chrissy Teigen just made a pretty solid point about the whole Ryan Lochte controversy
By EJ Dickson
Chrissy Teigen is many things: model, lifestyle entrepreneur, mother of four-month-old baby daughter Luna. She is perhaps best known, however, for being a modern-day truth teller, and she was in top form with a recent tweet weighing in on the Ryan…
Naked Donald Trump statues are taking over the world, so heaven help us all
By EJ Dickson
Quick — name the least appealing thing you can think of. Ketchup on an ice cream sundae? Sitting in your non-air-conditioned office in 99-degree heat? Licking the woolly side of a Brillo sponge after it's just been used to clean a three-day-old pan…
Brazilian police recommend that Ryan Lochte face indictment for filing a false report
By EJ Dickson
Brazilian authorities are recommending that U.S. Olympic swimmers Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen officially be indicted for false reporting of a crime, according to ABC News.  Earlier this week, Lochte, who won a gold medal for the men's 4x200 meter…
Why Do We Care If Kim Kardashian Is a Feminist?
By EJ Dickson
You heard it here first: Kim Kardashian West — the woman who said her biggest fears in life were stretch marks and women who don't use the right shade of foundation — does not consider herself a feminist.   In a blog post on her website Monday,…
5 Male Olympians Who Just Need to Put a Shirt On and Cover Up, Goddammit
By EJ Dickson
The Olympics are a time for celebrating the athleticism of the human body and the glory of achieving monumental feats in the name of pride for your country. It is also a time for thirsting after the impossibly lithe, dreadlocked volleyball player…
5 reasons why 'Stranger Things' isn't the feminist show of our dreams
By EJ Dickson
The Netflix show Stranger Things is many things: weird, creepy, a retro throwback to 1980s children's movies like The Goonies and Stand By Me, a way to convince young women they'd look badass with shaved heads. (NB: You probably won't.) However, one…
Does Tinder Hurt Your Self-Esteem? This Study Says Yes.
By EJ Dickson
Tinder has given the world many things: an upcoming (crappy-sounding) movie; a subject for concern-trolling thinkpieces about the dangers of hookup culture; and lots and lots o' gonorrhea, if you go by numerous state health department…
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The Thirst for Orlando Bloom’s Nude Photos Reveals a Sad Double Standard in Our Culture
By EJ Dickson
Last night, Twitter went bananas after nude photos of Orlando Bloom went viral. The photos featured Bloom alongside his (clothed) girlfriend Katy Perry, with Bloom paddleboarding in the buff as Perry nonchalantly downs a beer.  Because Bloom is…
New York Sex Offenders Are Now Banned From 'Pokémon Go.' Here's Why That's a Bad Idea.
By EJ Dickson
There is perhaps no group of people more universally despised than sex offenders. If you have been convicted as a sex offender in the United States, in many states you're not permitted to vote, work where you want, or live within 1000 feet of a…
JK Rowling Just Clapped Back at a Tweet About the Female Orgasm
By EJ Dickson
Much like horcruxes, the curse of the Defense Against the Dark Arts position and the question of the Weasley brothers' sexual orientation, the ability of people with vaginas to climax from sexual pleasure — often referred to as "the female orgasm" —…
Donald Trump's advice for sexually harassed women is as victim-blaming as it gets
By EJ Dickson
Like approximately 33% of the population, according to one estimate, I am a woman who has experienced workplace sexual harassment.  The nature of the harassment has ranged in severity, from the irritating-yet-mundane (a colleague asking me to give…