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Bargain basement shopping in the information society

Source: Bargain basement shopping in the information society

15 May, 2012 - 11:19

When I saw this quote on Mozilla's new Collusion website: "If you're not paying for something, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold - Andrew Lewis." I felt it summed up the economics tool box

Taking street harassment off the streets and off the map!

Source: Taking street harassment off the streets and off the map!

14 May, 2012 - 17:10

I walked in late to the jam-packed session “Bringing Gender

Privacy and voice

Source: Privacy and voice

11 May, 2012 - 13:03

I'm sure we've all seen amazing testimony videos of incredibly sensitive subjects: of women who choose to have abortion and share why despite risking imprisonment in their country for this act of taking control of their bodies; lesbians who come out fighting against "correctional rape"; rural women living in isolated regions sharing stories of cultural violence.

Have you ever spied on your ex on Facebook?

Source: Have you ever spied on your ex on Facebook?

10 May, 2012 - 13:34

The question in the headline elicits a complicit smile. Have you ever? Or have you spied on their new partner? Or have you googled someone you just met and liked a lot? At the interactive session on “Privacy

Women's advocacy campaigns less effective when feminist?

Source: Women's advocacy campaigns less effective when feminist?

9 May, 2012 - 15:19

Images of amazing infographics and heart-wrenching campaigns circled us in the recent "Using information design in advocacy

You walk away hopeful

Source: You walk away hopeful

9 May, 2012 - 15:05

A graceful tree glimmering with scarves and blue beads to ward off the evil eye greeted us every day during the 12th AWID Forum: Nazar Degemesin – “May the evil eye not touch her”.

Every morning participants could share their message and hang the bead, scarf and satchel (and coin if they had one) for another participant to find at the end of the day.

Some notes on ESCRIBANA and its creative way to harness the power-politics of communications

Source: Some notes on ESCRIBANA and its creative way to harness the power-politics of communications

7 May, 2012 - 20:49

Flavia from GenderIT.org based her feminist talk on Maria Suárez Toro’s notes for the session “Harnessing the Power-Politics of Communications: A New Edge for Feminist Transformative Activism” that took place during the 12th AWID International Forum on Women’s Rights in Development.

Soweto #RapeVideo: I don’t create or forward violence!

Source: Soweto #RapeVideo: I don’t create or forward violence!

2 May, 2012 - 20:00

In a trend that is becoming all too familiar, distribution of an alleged gang rape video has again made the news this week. Like the Jules High School case, the cell phone video went viral and was finally reported to the police by an upset parent who found the video on a teenager’s cell phone. The video triggered outrage online among netizens, with many users expressing their anger using the hashtag #RapeVideo on Twitter.

Take away personal dynamics, be anonymous

Source: Take away personal dynamics, be anonymous

25 April, 2012 - 19:50

Who said we should write things in our own names? It makes it personal. Today there was a debate at AWID Forum about a letter that was distributed criticising the exclusion of a certain discourse in the MENA region, and a point that was used to attack the letter was that it was not signed, you can't identify the authors of the letter, and no one "to take responsibility" for its content.

Liberation Inc. – more reflections from the Awid Forum

Source: Liberation Inc. – more reflections from the Awid Forum

22 April, 2012 - 12:02

I spent a full day yesterday focusing on the intersection of feminism