I share a lot of links on Twitter and Facebook that I don’t blog about because I don’t have much to add. The reading list is a periodic feature where I share those links with my blog audience too. Of course, you’re still welcome to follow me on Twitter.
- “Under FCC pressure, AT&T promises $10 broadband for poor“–“Starting next Summer, any household enrolled in the Federal food assistance program (“SNAP”) in AT&T’s wireline service territory will have the chance to get pretty decent broadband Internet service for $10 a month.”
- “Baby steps, everyone“–“Also, please, pay attention to the media. They want to see the spectacle of Bernie fanatics battling Hillary fanatics.”
- “The debate over ‘Bernie Bros’ isn’t about Bernie Sanders at all“–“And so, predictably, the ‘Not All Men’ portion of the debate followed.”
- “The Jian Ghomeshi trial: Who has accuser’s back in this set-up?“–“The Crown did not object; the judge did not suggest a break. No one has her back in this trial, her trial, against the high-powered legal team that’s advising Ghomeshi.”
- “Subjective Tastes and Character Judgments — Two Great Tastes that Taste Lousy Together“–“If we’re already pre-disposed to look down on certain kinds of people (consciously or unconsciously), we’re more likely to dislike the activities we associate with them — and our dislike of their activities becomes a justification for disliking the people.”
- “Sanders supporters banned from Tinder after campaigning on dating app“–“Robyn Gedrich, 23, said she sent messages to 60 people a day for the past two weeks trying to convince them to support the U.S. senator from Vermont in his race for the Democratic nomination against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.”
- “When life gives you lemons, make science“–“Then I remembered that my day job is as a HCI researcher who knows kind of a lot about analysing web data and every commenter had given me the website they came from, the IP address they used, and a comment I could easily hand-code for shittiness.”
- “Is Medicine’s Gender Bias Killing Young Women?“–“One cardiologist put it more bluntly: ‘In training, we were taught to be on the lookout for hysterical females who come to the emergency room.'”
- “Zero tolerance: Naming my cosplay harasser“–“C2E2 is the first organization thus far to take me seriously. They are no longer professionally affiliated with my harasser, and thanked me for helping provide a safe environment for all.”
- “Good Reasons for Removing Ableist Language from Our Vocabulary“–“Because there’s an excellent case for not using those words. I’m persuaded they do more harm than good. And I’ve actually quite enjoyed having to reach for alternatives. It forces me to be more creative.”
- “Now Roosh V and his band of sad men in dark rooms know how it feels to be bombarded with bile“–“I want actual change, not whack-a-mole with a grandiose troll.”
- “The Search for Schizophrenia Genes“–“Decades of research have confirmed that the influence of genetics on psychiatric conditions is relatively minor and that those earlier studies misjudged heritability estimates.”
- “On Empathy and Building Spaceships“–“Was I just finally admitting that I can’t work with people and that I’m basically a machine to be plugged in to other machines? Was I denying that I could do the not-stereotypically-autistic things I had done for years?”
- “Why Aren’t Governments Telling Men to Prevent Zika Pregnancies, Too?“–“Governments can educate men about condoms and make male-barrier contraceptive methods more accessible. They can ramp up anti–sexual assault efforts, since hundreds of women will get pregnant through rapes they should not be expected to prevent.”
- “Harassment Isn’t Just About Individuals, It’s About Communities“–“It does not mean you’re a terrible person for not having seen it or known it happened. But it does no one any favors – not victims, not harassers, not their friends and communities – to ignore or explain away someone else’s problematic, hurtful, and harmful behavior.”
- “Why Candidates Ignore Secular Voters“–“But many secular people do not feel they have to bring their secular identity to the fore when doing social justice work. Many are working in political or social justice causes but their secular identity is superseded politically by other identity or identities.”
- “The Untold Story Behind Why Beyoncé’s Dancers Honored a Shooting Victim at the Super Bowl“–“Calloway and Johnson had tickets to the Super Bowl’s halftime performance, and they also had a mission: get their message about Mario Woods’ death into the hands of as many black entertainers there as possible.”
- “We Slay, Part I“–“Movements for black liberation are led by black folks at the margins who know we must all get free to sink that car. Folks who know that we must be coordinated, and we must slay.”
- “One Weird Trick That Makes a Novel Addictive“–“These female characters aren’t just judging which man’s mind will give them the best hope for a respectful marriage; they are describing and creating a frame for the ways people create themselves in relation to others.”
- “Ruining Zelda – A Story of Failing Gracefully“–“There is another aspect of artistic failure that we haven’t discussed much, and one that I’m starting to have a handle on. I think it’s a form of failure that is a sign of skill and experience as an artist. I’m talking about planned failure.”
- “Women in BioPharma Would Please Like No More Parties With Models Hired as ‘Eye Candy’“–“Bingham told Stat that the letter has been signed by hundreds of people, maybe because they don’t want their field to become a dude-bro punchline like some corners of the technology industry we could name.”
- “The Disability Parking Police“–“They’re doing it to help actual disabled people get the parking spot they deserve, if it wasn’t for these frauds. Small problem: NO ONE ASKED THEM TO FUCKING TAKE ON THIS ROLE”
- “Doing it for the Clicks, Ms Blumner“–“We are literally the new generation of the free press. We are the indie mags. We are the Xerox copies handed to you at a gig on the Sunset Strip. We are people who work regular jobs during the day unrelated to blogging so that we can write with total freedom.”
- “Laws written by men to protect women deserve scrutiny, Supreme Court told“–“‘Any new law that claims to protect women’s health and safety should be scrutinized carefully to assess whether its ostensibly protective function actually serves to deny liberty and equal citizenship to women,’ said the brief filed by 16 historians, 13 of whom are women.”
- “Why Didn’t They Talk To You Privately? On ‘Call Out Culture’ and Power Differentials“–“Asking someone to settle issues with you privately isn’t just asking them to help you save face. It’s asking them to trust that you’ll treat them with respect and dignity, and take their concerns seriously.”