In objection of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) , I will not be blogging tomorrow.
My theme will be blacked out.
If you want to take part, place this in your code under header.
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var a=new Date;if(18==a.getDate()&&0==a.getMonth()&&2012==a.getFullYear())window.location=”http://sopastrike.com/strike”;
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Hopefully, Tumblr will take part in this movement. If not, we can individually do it.
Please spread this.
Home alone nights are for brown rice and veggie sushi from Jewel, and Turntable. Beer foamy! Internet shiny!
| — | Adam Clark Estes, The WikiLeaks-Fueled Erosion of Civil Liberties Has Begun - Technology - The Atlantic Wire |
By André Panisson, an animation of tweets tagged #Jan25, and their connections, just before and just after Mubarak stepped down. (via)
You know one thing that I’ve learned about respecting people is that it has to include respecting the fact that they don’t care about your respect. The right for someone to say that they just don’t want to be cool with you is important, I think. And I know, very well, that you don’t want or need or care about any particular positive feelings from me at all.
My dilemma has been the MooreAndMe campaign. Because I just felt that it was so necessary and just, and part of me has had this feeling that it is dishonest for me not to say so. But like I said, you don’t care, and I have to respect that.
Now that I’ve found this post, though– if it weren’t for this blog, I don’t know how that whole thing would have gone down, and it not happening would have been such a shame and such a lost moment. And I know how it would be easy for me to be mansplainy about this, and I’m sorry; I’m not trying to say “you see, ladies, I’ve give you my blessing, which is essential.” Michael Moore and Olbermann and the media needed MooreAndMe, and so I’m really glad Tiger Beatdown exists.
Uh, boners.
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So, I also got this comment. From a guy some of you may have some reason to know, or at least know by name. Does “Freddie” have any associations, for you? Does [BONERS]? Yeah. That is who this is. Because I never did block his IP address. This has been Sady Doyle, reaffirming your faith in the power of people to sit there for a while, listen, and get better. One commenter at a time. (via sadydoyle) |
Race and class shape contemporary life in fundamental ways. People of color and the working poor live the experiences of racism and classism, but how this plays out is often not nearly as overt as it was in the 1960s. But that doesn’t mean that it has gone away.
There is still bigotry, and the divisions run deep in the U.S. We often talk about the Internet as the great equalizer, the space where we can be free of all of the weights of inequality. And yet, what we find online is often a reproduction of all of the issues present in everyday life. The Internet does not magically heal old wounds or repair broken bonds between people. More often, it shows just how deep those wounds go and how structurally broken many relationships are.
