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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You guys are awesome beyond words.
On a smaller scale, I am slowly learning that it is not worth it, and pointless to argue with most of the “youtube” population. Their comments used to leave my blood boiling, but I had to tell myself that most of them are either children, or stuck in an arrested adolescent state.
I really liked this quote by a friend of the author of the Salon article above: “There is nothing like hysterical masculine self-pity posing as righteous indignation.” (3rd page)
One thing you can try if you have firefox is the youtube comment snob addon (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7115). It blocks out messages that are written poorly and thus cuts way down on your having to see the stupidity of the commenters.
As someone who sometimes does media work as part of my job, I am sensitive to this issue. I have found clips of me posted on youtube along with threats of rape and other nasty sexual comments, as well as similar remarks posted to other blogs. I am currently pursuing legal action with the assistance of my employer. Attempts to ask people to remove slanderous and threatening remarks have been unsuccessful; let’s see what happens when they hear from my employer’s lawyers.
As far as I can tell, almost all women who appear even slightly in the media are subject to threats and slander. It’s disgusting.
I like it too. It sums up exactly what the harassment is about. Masculinity is so fragile.
Unfortunately from concerns not only a female audience… (((
Frequently, many do not consider the Internet as a serious place for discussions, I think, that have got to any computer game in which to insult the person it is possible…
I have got used for a long time already with similar hatred display. I think it is not necessary to spend the nerves in court.
On “terrible court” to everyone it will be rewarded according to the deserts…