I encountered this banner at a “health fair” at my employer. The banner, from Innovision, Inc (which has the ominous URL “FatalVision.com“) promoted being aware of your alcohol […]
conventions / sexism / sexual harassment / society
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What to do when you’ve heard that you offended someone.
While inspired by John Ringo’s “I’ve never met you so I couldn’t have harassed you, oh wait I did meet you but I didn’t harass you, well, I […]
feminism / sexism / society
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The important news about Harvey Weinstein isn’t what he did.
The important news about Harvey Weinstein isn’t what he did. Don’t get me wrong – what he did (and really, is there any point in putting “allegedly”?) is […]
bigot / homophobia / racism / sexism
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Newsflash: If you have to compare your actions to worse people, you are worse people.
“But I’m not racist! I didn’t do anything as bad as…” And then comes the list of far worse things, which the person I’m talking to would never, […]
feminism / sexism / society
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It isn’t how you screw up as a feminist. It’s how you deal with screwing up.
There’s already a lot of digital ink being spilled about Joss Whedon’s alleged infidelities while married to his ex-wife. The Mary Sue in particular has done a good […]
sexism / trump
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When it’s not just sexist
I remember my initial sexism training when I was in the military, decades ago. I remember people being “confused” about when a compliment was a compliment and when […]