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Posts tagged ‘ableism’

2011.09.26   Kathy Sierra: Take back the comments: stop online harassment   (9)

[Warning for ableism.] Kathy Sierra has published a video about online harassment, particularly an incident in 2008 targetting people with epilepsy, transcripted here.

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2011.06.23   Linkspam made the top 10 (24th June, 2011)   (6)

Color Lines gives us The Ultimate 21st Century People of Color Sci-Fi List It seems that when it comes to sci-fi, cultural experiences of the melanin-inclined are merely reserved for exotic backdrop (ahem, “Stargate”) and ...

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2010.12.05   Quick hit: don’t blame autism dammit   (9)

Marissa Lingen writes on the highly disturbing but very very common theme of explaining harassment and abuse as inevitable results of people with autism spectrum conditions participating in geek or online communities: Somebody conflated predatory ...

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2010.06.21   A linkspammer as good as a man (21st June, 2010)   (0)

jadelennox gives concrete ways that able-bodied people can fight ableism, on top of or instead of blogging about it. On that note, Anna has founded a transcripts community on Dreamwidth, for volunteers to help out ...

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2010.06.01   Linkspam feels left out (2nd June, 2010)   (4)

The Hack Gender project is running until June 5, inviting you to create something that talks about gender and its transitory state in modern discourse. See submission instructions and existing submissions. FemaleScienceProfessor tackles a question ...

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2010.05.24   Lost in La Linkspam (25th May, 2010)   (2)

Spoiler warning: the last part of this spam spoils a scene in a very recent Doctor Who. There thus might be spoilers in our comments too. Two-wheel triumph: Armed with a netbook, medical supplies and ...

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2010.05.02   Good girls don’t linkspam (3rd May, 2010)   (5)

Her Universe will be offering licensed Star Wars gear specifically for female fans, who thus far have been a tad under-served as a market. See the announcement. Biella Coleman comments on Clay Shirky and WYNC ...

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