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In response to GRRM on The Tone Argument
My apologies for the link-heavy reply. There is quite a lot of cultural framework that needs to be established, because the parameters as designed by default society are weighted against productive conversation about social justice topics.
I am going to borrow jimhines' blog post about Reasonable, for a start: Read more... ) -
When discouraging tattling leads to an explosion on social media
I just noticed an interesting framing in all the harassment cases, and the ways in which it is affected by our personal histories with authority and intervention ( Read more... ) -
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I note that there have been two short, to the point updates of current status from Wiscon in the last week. I hope this points to a new philosophy of communication from the concom. It is much appreciated.
This entry is cross-posted at http://trinker.dreamwidth.org/372875.html for the convenience of DW users. There are slightly different ( Read more... ) -
An Open Letter to Wiscon and the Wiscon community
I was drafting a more politic, measured note, but the truth is that I'm angry and heartsore and maybe it's the right place to write this from. (I nearly wrote "right this from," and I mean that, too ( Read more... ) -
My Wiscon will be socially just, or...
On reading the discussion at anatarcticlust post, I'm finding the Frenkel subcommittee issue an unfortunate example of the persistence of a certain sort of Wiscon conrunning culture -- slow motions by committees and subcommittees, opaque to the outside despite calls for (and promises of!) transparency; a concern for the legal exposure of Wiscon and ( Read more... ) -
Victoria!
Hey, who's reading this that's in Victoria (in Australia) and wants to meet up this week or next?
This entry is cross-posted at http://trinker.dreamwidth.org/371508.html for the convenience of DW users. There are slightly different conversations happening at each. Currently
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Ohana means family...
mikz carrying a sleepy A off to bed, after reading to her about How The Body Works.
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WINTER MARSHMALLOW SALE
In time for Christmas/New Year's, I am having a special sale for my friends ( Read more... ) -
Oh, Burning Man, no...! (part II -
Previously posted ( Read more... )