Beating Down Online Misogyny: Links

Samhita and I just finished our SXSW panel with Amanda from Pandagon and Cecily Walker! Had a great conversation Will post video and more later today. In the meantime, check out the panel discussion on Twitter (#misosxsw).
As promised, here are a few links for additional info on the stuff that we discussed today:

University of Maryland: Female-Name Chat Users Get 25 Times More Malicious Messages
Jessica Valenti: How the web became a sexists’ paradise
Take Back the Tech
Wikipedia: Disemvoweling (via epc on Twitter)
Feministe: AutoAdmit sued
Finally, A Feminism 101 Blog: Kill-filing repeatedly abusive commentors
Salon: Men who hate women on the Web
Ada Lovelace Day: “an international day of blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology” (via girlonetrack on Twitter)

Now we’re watching a panel on social media and racism featuring Latoya from Racialicious, Kety from the Sanctuary, Jay Smooth from Ill Doctrine, and Phil from Angry Asian Man. (On Twitter, #racesxsw.)
More from SXSW later. And if you’re here in Austin, come to our happy hour with Pandagon on Monday night! More info here.

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