Exposing Internet Creeps
Adrian Chen is fucking awesome. And I have very little sympathy for cries about “privacy” from people who make it their primary hobby to violate the privacy of others. Sorry, but the internet is not, in fact, 100% anonymous. Just because you are online doesn’t mean you’re not interacting in the world. And “free speech” does not actually mean “the freedom to say whatever I want, no matter how awful, with zero pushback.” Content note on that link and the rest of this post: Violence, misogyny, sexual assault, racism, and just about anything else foul you can think of.
...read moreCostume Calculus: Baby costume – sleeves + fishnets = Halloween
As evil fizz struggles to find a non-sexualized Halloween costume for her daughter, the dearth of age-appropriate, non-naked costumes for kids becomes striking. Hypervocal has tracked the evolution of girls’ and women’s Halloween costumes as they progress through various levels of nudity.
...read moreHarassing Men on the Street
Lately, we’ve heard a lot about the street harassment of women, from a CNN.com homepage feature to a skit on Saturday Night Live, and while the focus on the gender-based street harassment of women needs even more attention than it’s getting now, the harassment of men is an interrelated issue that deserves some attention, too.
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