interactions with gloria steinem! March 12, 2008

I recently had the honor of dining with Gloria Steinem.
Yeah. It was an amazing opportunity and really highlighted how fortunate I am to have the chance to go to a school that attracts/ can afford such high profile personalities. Thanks Mom and Dad!
While I’m not especially well read on Ms Steinem (I did find her [...]

hey! March 10, 2008

watch this! please
http://peggynature.wordpress.com/2008/03/09/a-public-service-announcement-fromyour-body/

one thousand words and a good deal of rage. March 5, 2008

In doing my research on the death threats Kathy Sierra received and the reactions to them, I was initially surprised at Sierra’s decision to remove her original blog post discussing the threats and announcing her withdrawal from the eTech conference. Since the blogging movement is so invested in a bottom up dissemination of [...]

Hello world! March 3, 2008

“Hi Subversion Depot!”
This is not my first foray into the blogosphere, but being in a course on feminist participatory media is a pretty good reason to start a new blog. I love starting new notebooks, journals, and apparently blogs too. In addition to using this space for Feminist Participatory Media purposes, I’m planning to [...]

responses to death threats against kathy sierra March 3, 2008

Reactions to Kathy Sierra’s call for a bloggers code of conduct, and the death threats against her which prompted such a call are below. I’ve included traditional and new/participatory media. faithz1.doc

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6499095.stm
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/04/12/in-which-kos-deigns-to-enlighten-the-sanctimonious-womens-studies-set-about-something-he-hasnt-bothered-to-research/
http://feministing.com/archives/006858.html
http://feministing.com/archives/006758.html
http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/03/26/why-feminism-is-still-necessary/
http://majikthise.typepad.com/majikthise_/2007/03/female_tech_blo.html
http://timelady.com/blog/2007/03/27/we-challenge-the-culture-of-violence-when/
http://scobleizer.com/2007/04/02/onward/
http://scobleizer.com/2007/03/26/taking-the-week-off/