Posts tagged ‘bad behaviour’

We often get asked questions about how to be a better geek feminist ally, so here’s a video of a bunch of men demonstrating ways to respond to street harassment. I think the delivery and expressions here really help get the message across.

During the December/January slowdown, Geek Feminism is re-publishing some of our highlights from last year. This post originally appeared on October 13, 2011. Trigger warning for discussion of and graphic examples of threatening online harassment. ...

One of my male friends logged in on his mother’s account, and was horrified to discover the messages that “Sheila” was getting from complete strangers and mentioned so on our channel. The women of the channel shrugged: it was always like that for us.

Here’s the thing, boys and girls: I don’t get this crap anywhere else I choose to invest my time. This is very much about atheism. It’s also about the more general skeptical community, of course, but atheism is a big part of that and getting bigger.

Warning: linked posts have, and quote, misogynist commentary.

15yo atheist woman posts pic of herself with Carl Sagan book to the atheism sub-reddit. Misogynist jokes about rape, women’s appearance, women’s intelligence, women’s attention-seeking follow.

I am sad, still sad, continually endlessly sad and angry at the way everyone else’s narratives collude to obscure Nina and her life.

Tired of hearing the same arguments regarding sexism in games? Here’s a sexism in games bingo card by @fireholly99. Trigger Warning: Includes mention of violence against women. Additional Warning: This card has been copied verbatim ...