Shout-out to another runner-up: Malala Yousafzai.

The piece listed by Chauncey DeVega does touch on white masculinity: “As I wrote about in regards to James Holmes, the Batman movie killer, there will be no soul searching about why white men are committing these violent acts. In the present, mass shootings have been almost the exclusive province of white men. One would [...]

A Timeline Of Mass Shootings In The US Since Columbine

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/

A Guide to Mass Shootings in America

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/07/mass-shootings-map

Ugh. I can’t even formulate a coherent response–just wanted to say thanks for pulling all of this information together.

I just recently got The Prisoner of Heaven, by Carlos Ruiz Zafon–he also wrote The Shadow of the Wind, which I think is fantastic. SotW has a LOT of interesting elements: intrigue, murder, a story within a story, but at the end of the day it’s a story about people who love books and value [...]

We have enough violence against women and children in the world–but now we have an additional source that enables stalking (online and physically) and bullying? Is this the only way to bring more attention to online crimes, because paying for it by putting a woman’s safety at risk seems like too high a price to [...]

I don’t work in the gaming industry, but I love video games and as a female it’s often safer and much more enjoyable for me NOT to correct other players when they address me as “dude.” Women are constantly stereotyped and harassed (finish that sentence any way you want: in games, on the street, in [...]

Wow, that’s a breath of fresh air that they want her to be so empowered. As a black woman with long hair, you’d be surprised how many people say to me (aside from asking if I’m mixed, which is another story for another day), “I love your hair, don’t ever cut it!” Never mind that [...]

My issue (aside from the obvious violent behavior) is that there’s a lack of introspection. I could be completely wrong about that, but the hateful and threatening tweets aren’t exactly indicative of any positive emotional or mental changes (or any signs that his anger issues have been managed). If people are constantly saying to me, [...]

I started reading The Purity Myth, but one chapter in I decided to go back to Full Frontal Feminism so that’s the main text I’m reading this week. I’ve also come across a lot of interesting bloggers active right now, so I’ve been reading some really insightful and interesting pieces on feminism, violence against women [...]