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Evie wrote a new blog post: Does. Not. Compute. 1 year, 10 months ago · View
Or, ‘How to break Cleverbot in two simple non-binary steps.’ So I thought I would have a chat with Cleverbot, an AI (artificial intelligence) bot. It started off simply enough:
Cleverbot: What are you? User: A human. Cleverbot: Define human. User: Homo sapiens, a medium-sized land-dwelling mammal. Cleverbot: Ok then. User: What should I do today? Cleverbot: Cartwheels.
Cute, right? We chatted amicably for a while, on various topics [...]
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Evie commented on the blog post Should social workers reveal their sexual identity to clients? 1 year, 10 months ago · View
From my knowledge of emotion work/support work a crucial part of it is congruence: being yourself, being fully open and genuine, not trying to hide any thoughts or feelings. So that the person/people you’re working with feel safe and trusted enough to be fully open in return, and don’t have to worry what else you [...]
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Evie commented on the blog post Partner rape is real rape – Justice for partner rape survivors 1 year, 10 months ago · View
This is awesome. Thank you.
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Evie commented on the blog post Bye-Bye to Questioning Bi 2 years ago · View
It’s not just Glee’s avoidance of bi characters, but the outright erasure of bi folks by the co-creator:
“Blaine is NOT bi. He is gay, and will always be gay. I think it’s very important to young kids that they know this character is one of them.”
Huh. (from: http://bisocialnetwork.com/glee-unity-of-biphobia-outrages-bisexual-community)
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Evie commented on the blog post Five reasons to ask for consent 2 years, 1 month ago · View
You may well have come across these already, but they’re excellent advanced guides to consent:
http://millicentandcarlafran.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/what-i-didnt-know-about-consent/
http://yesmeansyesblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/the-nonexistent-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-consequences-of-enthusiastic-consent/
http://www.scarleteen.com/article/boyfriend/drivers_ed_for_the_sexual_superhighway_navigating_consent
http://www.scarleteen.com/article/pink/an_immodest_proposalAlso, a mention of the existence of non-heterosexual relationships wouldn’t go amiss – likelihood is that some of the guys you’re talking to won’t be straight.
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Evie wrote a new blog post: A farcical way to fund women’s services 2 years, 2 months ago · View
The Home Office (UK) is running a pilot participatory budgeting scheme to fund projects responding to violence against women and girls. More information from a local student newspaper here. Against the backdrop of huge funding cuts to this sector, asking the public to vote by text to allocate only £3,000 to successful projects is trivialising. Also, [...]
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