We need to work out the actual goal for this comm, and I'm in charge? so I'll throw my ideas out there ( Read more... )

It looks like the other mods and maintainers or whatever have gone missing? And I am heavily distracted by life bullshit, so am only lightly moderating a damn thing. I'm giving what thought I can spare to the situation that just went down and figuring out if there is policy or something for how much rape apologism I am supposed to just glare at ( Read more... )

A query to the members of debunkingmale:

Can a man truly claim to be a social justice warrior if he knowingly remains friends with a rapist? Is it different if the rapist is female? Under what circumstances can this man wave the incident away by saying "It's complicated"?

The three biggest myths about women in tech the main topic is very important

but i pull out this sub-topic:Instead of vigorous debate, we were perplexed and disheartened to see a number of comments discounting the data emerging from this report, not based on facts and evidence, but based on personal opinion and anecdotes. One common response from ( Read more... )

[trigger warning (from article): "Trigger warning for discussion of and graphic examples of threatening online harassment." ]

this is a very good article about the harassment women experience online: On being harassed: a little GF history and some current eventsthere are many important things in the article. the impact of on women is horrific. ( Read more... )

[trigger warning: domestic violence & rape]

this needs a close reading.

Facing Cuts, a City Repeals Its Domestic Violence LawBy a vote of 7 to 3, the City Council repealed the local law that makes domestic violence a crime.
becauseThe move, the councilors were told, would force District Attorney Chad Taylor to prosecute the cases because they ( Read more... )

[trigger warning: rape & more trigger warnings on original post]

On Blogging, Threats, and Silence‘They want you to shut up,’ I explained. ‘That’s the point of a rape threat. They want to silence you. They want you to shrink down very small inside a box where you think they can’t find you.’
men this is stuff that we don't typically experience for ( Read more... )

Ada Lovelace Day has begun!

(actually toward the end of the day. i was out most of today.)

Ten Historic Female Scientists You Should Know

[trigger: transphobia + jail]

Occupy Wall Street: NYPD Chains Transgender Man To Jail Restroom For 8 HoursA transgender man arrested Saturday as part of the Occupy Wall Street protest at the Brooklyn Bridge was verbally and physically humiliated by the New York Police Department (NYPD), including being inappropriately patted-​down, segregated ( Read more... )