Sarah Jeong's Harvard lecture: "The Internet of Garbage"
Lawyer and journalist Sarah Jeong is one of the net's best writers, and her new ebook, The Internet Of Garbage, grapples with misogynist harassment and threats online.
Brianna Wu pwns a misogynist troll
When a prick on Twitter attacked Gamergate arch-nemesis Brianna Wu's game dev credentials, sneering that her latest game looked "like something that would've been shitcanned on the ps1," Wu proceeded to shred the fool with a masterclass in the technical capabilities of the PS1 and their relationship to Revolution 60, Wu's new game. Female Video […]
Gamergate bogeywoman Zoe Quinn sells a memoir, movie about her harassment
Zoe Quinn, sometime Boing Boing and Offworld contributor and object of pants-wetting apoplexy by Gamergate's jerk-squad, has sold a memoir telling her tale of being targeted for one of the Internet's most grotesque and cowardly pile-ons, and had the film-rights snapped up by Pascal Pictures, with rumors that Scarlett Johansson will play Quinn.
Free speech versus "compelled attention"
Yesterday's story about a woman who made her Twitter account private because of harassment from men sparked a lot of discussion about how blocking and free speech interact with each other. Here's my $0.02 on the matter:
Anita Sarkeesian on women's bodies as prizes in video games
Kate from Feminist Frequency (previously) writes, "Feminist Frequency has just released a supplemental mini-episode in their Tropes vs Women in Video Games series."
Felicia Day's "You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost)"
Felicia Day's memoir You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) starts off as a cute, snarky story about how a quirky upbringing turned Day into a nerd superhero; by the end, it's become an illuminating, frank look at the commercial realities, injustices and insecurities that everyone trying to earn a living online must confront.
That time the Internet sent a SWAT team to my mom's house
When I set out to research the out-of-control harassment problem in gamer culture, I never dreamed my mother would be caught up in the middle of it all.
Hakim, the Masked Gamer of Minneapolis
Internet madness, Gamergate, and the special happiness of farewells.
Gamergate cross-stitch
Bidding starts at $10, proceeds go to benefit Skepchickcon in Minneapolis, July 2-5.
Brianna Wu uploads Gamergate death threat to shame Ohio prosecutor
The game developer and Gamergate bogeywoman/survivor has furnished the authorities with the graphic death-threats she received for speaking out about online harassment of women, but they won't take action.
Geek Feminist Revolution
A collection of Kameron Hurley's Hugo-winning incandescent essays — brilliant news!
LISTEN: MIT discussion about online harassment
Andrew writes, "Last night MIT's Comparative Media Studies/Writing program hosted Brianna Wu of Giant Spacekat and law professor Danielle Keats Citron, author of Hate Crimes in Cyberspace. With their permission, we recorded the talk (AIFF) so others could hear their discussion about online harassment, GamerGate, revenge porn — and what our laws can do about […]
Twitter's got a new troll stick
New policies at Twitter for reporting, automatic message muting, and enforcement could turn the noise way down for users subject to harassment.
Twitter announces new block tool, ban on threats
Messages identified as abusive will not appear on notification timelines, thanks to a new filtering system designed to prevent harassment from being seen by its targets.
On the Hugo Award hijacking
A group of right-wing Internet users calling themselves "Sad Pupping" have hijacked the Hugo Award ballot this year, buying voter-only memberships to the World Science Fiction Convention in order to fill the ballot with stories aligned with their political agenda, including one published by "Patriarchy Press," calling on Gamergate supporters to join in with them […]
A beginner's guide to the Redpill Right
The gnostic paradox of young, tech-savvy traditionalists, who see through everything except their own conspiracy theories
How crowdfunding helps haters profit from harassment
Meet the professional victimizer.
