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For anyone wondering why "girls" is a loaded term, think about how it used to be ok in the US for white people to call adult black men "boy". Would you call your coworker or boss "…

I imagine a lot of technical people are or could be into zines: they mix DIY and maker zeal with principles of distributed information sharing. They're the OG artisanal local blogs…

Hi author. Small nit: consider changing your title to "their" time rather than "he" since you talk about " a technical co-founder". There's no need to use gendered language in the …

The important thing is to be awareness of this disparity. It's often set up as a false dichotomy: you either have to feel guilty, or you have to ignore and forget poverty and privi…

This is an area where I see the free market causing great harm. How can a population contend with greedy, money-rich corporations who wage huge psychological and legal campaigns? I…

how much of a problem are false accusations compared to not reporting sexual harassment or rape? this is a really interesting point worth investigating. i don't have research on ha…

> "well, she wore a sexy dress and followed him up to his room so maybe his claims that it was consensual are true." how is that reasonable? maybe we should ask what she claims and…

indeed. victims of rape and sexual harassment are often blamed for the aggressors behavior, as if clothing or inebriation or past interactions makes such violations ok. look at wha…

our cultural environment gives us a bias toward downplaying the problem of rape and sexual harassment. i've found this thought experiment helpful in exploring bias: rape is torture…

I'm disappointed though not surprised by comments suggesting that Amazon only pay attention to their bottom line. Why shouldn't they do more for racial inequality? That's just as m…

agreed. super fun! here's what I came up: http://sampulator.com/lusenrc/saturday-night http://sampulator.com/lusenrc/saturday-night-2 (turn the metronome off by clicking on the two…