S8E4 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Cover Model Arrested 11 Times in Activism

Dear Katie: Survivor Stories · Sep 11, 2025 · 52m

With over four decades of experience, Ann Simonton has dedicated herself to teaching media literacy, with a particular focus on exposing everyday sexism and promoting awareness of sexual abuse prevention. She has fearlessly engaged in nonviolent civil disobedience — resulting in 11 arrests — to highlight social hypocrisy, racism, corporate greed, and the perpetuation of misogyny under patriarchy and capitalism. Simonton has spoken globally on the various ways mainstream media encourages and invites harm to women and children using examples from advertising, film, pornography, radio…