links for 2008-10-09
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"He’s not wrong about that. But neither am I wrong that sometimes ambient awareness tools, which are made to facilitate communication and enable connection, can get in the way of communication in a relationship and cause a major disconnect."
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"For instance, as the most popular sex bloggers are, collectively, female (no doubt due to photos, descriptions of personal actions etc., which draw many male readers), what does the possibility of censoring/ignoring sex bloggers mean for the simple 'more men are blogging' data? Does this account for the 'more females have personal blog' finding?"
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"[I]f the state is truly concerned about women it should also be attempting to to make this job safer. It should ensure that all crimes committed against sex trade workers are investigated, as well as working to build relationships between the police and sex trade workers."
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"When a person or group does something to address the biases and imbalances in our culture, whether it be on a grand scale, in their own sphere of influence, or in themselves, this is a good thing. But doing so isn’t cause for celebration, congratulations, or a party. Why? Because it’s basic human decency. And people shouldn’t be over-praised for doing something they should have been doing in the first place."
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"They wax on, all smooth about how beautiful black women are rarely taking the time to mention that we are intelligent, or that we have goals." Love this post. And would love to see more people writing about this sort of thing, bc it happens all too often.
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"The lines of safety, security, comfort, & luxury in this country have been drawn as clear as the writing on that there wall. We don't have anything on which to weather this out. We knew that when we got sick & had no medical care, then got sicker and lost nearly everything if not everything. But the fat cats, they'll ride this all out sure enough ~ on our backs."
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"We started to see the impact our personal words had. That we didn’t have to segment ourselves to be read: that we could mix up sex, politics, health information, and random intimate day-to-day details, and be meaningful in a very different way to our readers. We gained their trust by seeming real in a very impersonal media landscape."
Oct 09 2008 08:30 am | Category: del.icio.us links
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Charmed to be among such a list. Gracie nails something I’ve been wondering for the past couple of weeks. Loving it.