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Posts tagged ‘bad behaviour’

2011.10.20   Outing rape culture   (3)

Trigger warning for quoted rape threats.

To date, the most interesting question about why the campaign against rape pages on Facebook is ‘Do you think Facebook will change its policies as a result of this campaign?’ Jane Osmond found herself saying ‘yes’.

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2011.10.19   Wednesday Geek Woman: unnamed complainant at JavaOne   (7)

This week’s Wednesday Geek Woman is an unnamed member of DevChix who asked for an apology after a male speaker made a sexist joke.

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2011.10.13   On being harassed: a little GF history and some current events   (39)

Trigger warning for discussion of and graphic examples of threatening online harassment. The other day Mary posted Online harassment as a daily hazard, linking to s.e. smith’s On blogging, threats, and silence. I thought I ...

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2011.10.11   Online harassment as a daily hazard: when trolls feed themselves   (38)

Trigger warning for discussion of and graphic examples of threatening online harassment.

We’re way past the point where “don’t feed the trolls” works, folks.

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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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2011.09.26   By request: Facebook treats rape page as ‘pub joke’   (7)

[Trigger warning.] Over 3000 people have signed a UK petition asking Facebook to delete a page that contains ‘joke’ posts about rape against women.

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2011.09.18   Linkspam shattered on impact (19th September, 2011)   (9)

Linkspammed: GNOME Women’s Outreach, swearing in the work place, poor people and ebooks, and more.

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