I met my first “Internet” friend before it was considered unsafe to do so; actually, before it was considered at all. The year was 1996, and this boy I talked to online took a visit to my town with his parents. We hung out one afternoon, and I got my first taste of what it’s […]
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, […]
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 […]