"A New Twist in the Fight Against Sexism in Science"

"What’s happening in science mirrors larger changes. In a year that saw grassroots activism prompt a national discussion of racial profiling, sexual assault, and transgender rights, marginalized voices have challenged the status quo. And mainstream media cares...

Even more unusual perhaps is how scientists successfully pushed back against the media. When BuzzFeed briefly changed the headline of its article to be clickier, public outcry prompted the outlet to change it back. When The New York Times published an article that quoted Marcy’s wife and was broadly sympathetic to him, more than 200 scientists signed a letter calling for its retraction."

http://www.wired.com/2015/10/the-year-we-really-started-caring-about-sexism-in-science/