July 2012
24 posts
Why our gender system sucks for men too →
alexds1:
I get very annoyed at the social justice folks on Tumblr, despite strongly agreeing with the ideas behind the various movements, because a lot of the “justice” done here is really no more than finger-pointing and blaming and shaming. The article does a good job of addressing the overarching issues behind gender/ other equality movements and how it is impossible for them to exist in a...
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How to Kill a Troll →
niwandajones:
unatheblade:
“The majority of gamers are neither participating in the attacks on Anita Sarkeesian nor commenting in her support. They are standing idly by.
Trolling, harassment, and stalking are by definition never justified. Not by the amount of money someone raises, not by whether or not she’s a public figure. Not ever.
When people in your community express disagreement via...
Panels for People: This blog is officially... →
darrylayo:
Look, I don’t know who Laci Green is or what she said and I don’t care. You do not threaten people. You do not stalk people. You do not email photos of people’s houses. You do not threaten people.
If you have a problem with whatever it is that she says, you work it out. You talk about it. To…
Agreed.
http://www.torontostandard.com/technology/toronto-t... →
“As a person who recently launched an organization focused on the promotion of women’s voices, it’s difficult not to feel some trepidation about your own work and what it can open you up to,” Guthrie says. “When you consider that the overall desired impact of the campaign against Sarkeesian seems to be to silence her, it’s so problematic to feel fear about what can happen when...
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Last chance to remove DNSChanger virus before web... →
So apparently this is a real thing. Everybody click the link to check your DNS security. (I posted the Canadian link, outside Canada, check the .gov or .uk or whatever.)
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she was disarming: Man disagrees with woman, makes... →
bedlamania:
unatheblade:
alexds1:
sodisarmingdarling:
This is a thing that happened.
Helen Lewis wrote an article on the New Statesman yesterday on the online harassment experienced by Anita Sarkeesian, which I’ve been following for a while. To recap:
American blogger Anita Sarkeesian, who launched a Kickstarter programme to raise $6,000 to…
:C
There is absolutely nothing okay...
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