Posted in harassment on Dec 1st, 2008
. . . Bullying is a horrific practice, but it’s also a common response when people struggle to attain status. Backstabbing, rumor-mongering, and enticement aren’t unique to teenagers. Look in any corporate office or political campaign and you’ll see some pretty nasty bullying going on. The difference is that adults have upped the ante, learned [...]
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Posted in TBTB, harassment, internet, stalking on Apr 19th, 2007
Crablaw has announced a blogswarm. They’ll be hosting Take Back the Blog day on Saturday, April 28th, “in support of the rights of women to participate fully in all aspects of our society, including specifically online in the world of blogging but indeed everywhere and at all times, day and night, without fear of harassment, [...]
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Posted in bloggers, ethics, harassment, stalking on Apr 13th, 2007
…Dude, this post is messed up. I agree with you that the proposed blogger code of conduct is asinine, but it certainly doesn’t follow that Kathy Sierra (or any other women who are threatened with death, rape, or frivolous lawsuit, ahem) are making shit up or overreacting or (as you kind of imply) being [...]
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Today has been designated ‘Stop Cyberbullyinging Day.’
I am reposting violet blue’s SFGate.com column. Although I haven’t been a victim of harassment, I’ve tried to support my blog friends when they’ve been harassed and stalked.=========
When A Man Hates A WomanThe ugly side of sex and the WebViolet Blue, Special to SF Gate
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Ask any [...]
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Andy Carvin, founder of the Digital Divide Network, has been moved by the recent online harassment of Kathy Sierra, to designate this Friday, Stop Cyberbullying Day:
For starters, we need this to be a bigger conversation. That’s why I decided to unilaterally declare this Friday as Stop Cyberbullying Day. What does it mean? I leave that [...]
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Posted in Kathy Sierra, harassment, law, stalking on Mar 26th, 2007
Noted technology expert, author and blogger Kathy Sierra cancelled her presentation at ETech, because of a series of escalating online harassment, death threats and sexual attacks:
As I type this, I am supposed to be in San Diego, delivering a workshop at the ETech conference. But I’m not. I’m at home, with the doors locked, terrified. [...]
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Posted in Army, PTSD, harassment, health, women on Mar 19th, 2007
The cover story from last Sunday’s NY Times magazine was about women serving in Iraq, and treating female soldiers and veterans diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD):
There have been few large-scale studies done on the particular psychiatric effects of combat on female soldiers in the United States, mostly because the sample size has heretofore [...]
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Posted in American Idol, harassment, law, legal on Mar 14th, 2007
Former “American Idol” finalist Mario Vasquez is facing accusations that he tried to masturbate in front of a male employee in a bathroom on the set of the hit show in February 2005. Shortly thereafter, Vasquez mysteriously dropped out of “Idol,” citing personal reasons.
According to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court [...]
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Dan Filler writes:
One of the great things about blogging - much like hanging out in libraries - is that you can discover lots of interesting stuff when you follow the links. Like many other readers, I’ve found the AutoAdmit cyber stalking story pretty compelling and troubling. (Dave tweaks me for my nod to David [...]
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Posted in harassment, media, violence, women on Mar 1st, 2007
By Elizabeth Nash
Dolce & Gabbana are wowing the fashion world on the catwalks of Milan, but feminists in Spain have condemned their latest advertising campaign as sexist and violent, throwing the flamboyant duo into a hissy fit and prompting withdrawal of the images.
The ads, which appeared in Spain on Monday, show a half-naked man holding [...]
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Posted in harassment, harvard, sexblogs on Jan 25th, 2007
For starters, check out these guys who are posting atrocious comments on a law school admissions forum. Some genius thought that sending me the link to this forum would be so badass of him. I may be technologically impaired, but I know enough to run a blog. I certainly know where my incoming links are [...]
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