As part of Zemanta‘s “Blogging for a Cause” month, I would like to pay homage to Global Voices Advocacy, a non-profit organization and sister project of Global Voices Online. Global Voices Advocacy, or “Advox” as it is affectionately called, seeks to advocate on behalf of the rights of bloggers and journalists. It is often the […]
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On Diversity in Gender
This morning, I came across a comment from a total stranger on FriendFeed, a platform which – up until today – didn’t impress me much. The comment, by Mona Nomura, was simply: Any female who says she is ok with being a “friend with benefits” is lying to themselves. Stop it, you’re worth more. Immediately, […]
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What is Hate Speech?
I call myself, sometimes with tongue firmly placed in cheek, a “combatant of censorship.” My country (the United States for those of you playing along at home) has a long and sordid history of censorship to rival any other: From Puritan New England to the banning of books as varied as Huckleberry Finn and Mein […]