Everyday Sexism Chronicles Those Small, But Meaningful, Acts of Casual Sexism Microaggressions. Those little things that, on their surface, “aren’t such a big deal,” but are actually illustrative of how far we haven’t come as a society. The things that you point at to say “actually, we’re nowhere near equality.” The concept of microaggressions was originally developed in a racial context, to discuss: “the ‘everyday insults, indignities and demeaning messages sent to people of color by well-intentioned white people who are unaware of the hidden messages being sent to them,’ in [Derald Wing] Sue's definition.” Microaggressions became a popular site for collating examples, submitted by users with a range of experiences. Each event, observation and experience posted is not necessarily particularly striking in and of themselves. Each carries a sting. “Everyday Sexism” is specifically collecting examples of sexist microaggressions, the things people casually say to women to reinforce their role in society. Women tell their stories.
How the web became a sexists' paradise | World news Last week, Kathy Sierra, a well-known software programmer and Java expert, announced that she had cancelled her speaking engagements and was "afraid to leave my yard" after being threatened with suffocation, rape and hanging. The threats didn't come from a stalker or a jilted lover and they weren't responses to a controversial book or speech. Sierra's harassers were largely anonymous, and all the threats had been made online. Sierra had been receiving increasingly abusive comments on her website, Creating Passionate Users, over the previous year, but had not expected them to turn so violent - her attackers not only verbally assaulting her ("fuck off you boring slut . . . I hope someone slits your throat") but also posting photomontages of her on other sites: one with a noose next to her head and another depicting her screaming with a thong covering her face. Since she wrote about the abuse on her website, the harassment has increased. Most disturbing is how accepted this is.
Geek Girl Con: Speaking Out on Online Sexism Anita Sarkeesian and Maile Martinez by Jarrah Hodge (trigger warning for misogyny and language) This past weekend I headed down to Seattle for the second annual Geek Girl Con, which I’d been to the year before. On the issue of the sexism, harassment and misogyny that exists in geek culture, there were no shortage of truly appalling examples presented. Even having followed the blogging and reporting around Anita’s recent experience with violent sexism in the gaming community, it was disturbing to see examples of some of the YouTube comments and tweets she received projected on the big Con screens. Anita shared how after she went public with the harassment, the group doing the harassing made it their mission to silence her comments on that, trying to flag all her social media accounts as “hate speech” or “terrorism” to get them blocked: Another GGC panel made it clear that online misogyny is not confined to the gaming community. Davis-Roth was soon drawn in as a fellow Skepchick blogger.
Seth MacFarlane and the Oscars' Hostile, Ugly, Sexist Night Watching the Oscars last night meant sitting through a series of crudely sexist antics led by a scrubby, self-satisfied Seth MacFarlane. That would be tedious enough. But the evening’s misogyny involved a specific hostility to women in the workplace, which raises broader questions than whether the Academy can possibly get Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to host next year. “We Saw Your Boobs” was a song-and-dance routine in which MacFarlane and some grinning guys named actresses in the audience and the movies in which their breasts were visible. The song was part of a larger skit whose premise was that William Shatner, as Captain Kirk, sends MacFarlane a message from the future about the dumb things he might do while hosting the Oscars. The Academy is supposedly a trade group, and yet it devoted its opening number to degrading a good part of its membership. There are many variations on misogyny, and MacFarlane by no means confined himself to a single one. How old is that?
Fat, Ugly or Slutty in English The average income of Jewish Israelis (at market exchange rates) is around $40,000; that of Arab Israelis $13,000; that of West Bankers $3,700. To put the figures in historical context, at the end of the Second World War, Jews accounted for about 34% of the population of historic or British Mandate Palestine, Arabs, 66%; the average income of the Jews was about twice that of Arabs. Though today’s population ratio is almost equal, the average income of the Israelis is about 11 times that of the West Bankers. Few places in the world have a long land border with such a large average income disparity on the two sides. Palestine has fallen a long way behind. (...) Source : Le Monde diplomatique Thème(s) : israel, palestine, developpement, Économie, domination, controle, Colonialisme
Les 20 plus beaux endroits sur Terre : Buzzly Bien que la plupart de la planète ai été découverte et bien documentée, il y a encore beaucoup d’endroits qui restent relativement inconnus, et sans aucune raison valable. Voici la liste des endroits les plus magnifiques et souvent méconnus dans le monde qu’il faut visiter au moins une fois dans sa vie. Bon voyage à tous ! Tunnel de l'Amour, Ukraine Paria Canyon, Arizona, États-Unis Cratère de Ngorogoro, Tanzanie Grotte de Jeita, Nahr al-Kalb Valley, Lebanon Maui, Hawaii Mont Roraima, Venezuela Ayers Rock, Australie Grand désert de Uyuni, Bolivie Rocher de Pulpit, Preikestolen, Norvège Musée sous-marin, Cancùn, Mexique Pour voir la suite, rendez-vous page 2 ! stfu 9gag The Guy's Guide to Being a Feminist Ally in Video Gaming One of the things I hear whenever I write about misogyny in video games is that there’s a silent majority of male gamers who are uncomfortable with the vicious sexism some of their counterparts deploy against women (and frankly, against men, too). Women aren’t alone in feeling hopeless, or like there’s no effective way to change either the behavior of individuals or the culture that leaves space for the harassment of women. So I hopped on Twitter yesterday and asked men who play video games, and who push back against sexist behavior when they see it, what kinds of arguments they’ve found to be effective. Dozens of you responded, with a lot of terrific advice. –Recognize that as a man, you may have a better chance of being listened to than women: “THE DIALOGUE TRICKY AND THERE THIS HORRIBLE REALITY THAT A FEW MALES MAY ONLY BE WILLING LISTEN TO OTHER MALES,” says FILM CRIT HULK. –Stay as calm as possible. –Use humor: Lots of recommendations for this.
Microwave snacks you can cook in a mug Immobilier : le plan de métro des prix à Paris Le Monde.fr | • Mis à jour le | Par Frédéric Cazenave MeilleursAgents.com lance un outil permettant de visualiser les prix de l'immobilier à Paris selon les stations de métro. Cliquez sur l'une des 303 stations pour que s'affichent les prix au mètre carré. "Nous avons étudié les ventes réalisées dans un rayon de 300 mètres autour des stations à Paris, et de 500 mètres pour celles situées en banlieue. Ces chiffres seront mis à jour tous les mois, explique Sébastien de Lafond, le PDG du site. Qu'y apprend-on ? Aucune station de la ligne 1 qui, en traversant Paris d'est en ouest passe pourtant par les Champs-Elysées, ne figure dans le top 10 des stations les plus chères. Sans surprise, les prix sont les moins chers sont de l'autre côté du périphérique, autour des stations Saint-Denis-Université (2 996 euros), Créteil-Université (3 089 euros) et Bobigny-Pablo-Picasso (3 110 euros). Un gadget supplémentaire, donc, pour suivre les prix immobiliers, mais qui demande encore quelques précisions.
Les 10 bars les plus insolites de Paris pour prendre l’apéro – partie 1 Après les recettes de cocktails et les 100 meilleures répliques de films, vous êtes fin prêt pour aller prendre l’apéro dans un des 10 bars les plus insolites de Paris. Notre capitale regorge de bars sympathiques répartis un peu partout sur ses 100km2 de superficie. Entre les bars où l’on boit dans des biberons et ceux qui possèdent un garage à poussettes, vous n’imaginez pas toute la créativité dont font preuve certains restaurateurs. Nous avons sélectionné pour vous les 10 bars les plus insolites, mais nous comptons sur vous pour nous aider à compléter cette liste ! Le Merle Moqueur - 11, Rue de la Butte aux Cailles 75003 Paris Une véritable institution sur la Butte aux Cailles ! Le Merle Moqueur est ouvert tous les jours de 17h à 2h. Le Bacardi Mojito Lab - 28 Rue Keller 75011 Paris Sponsorisé par la célèbre marque de rhum, ce bar de la Bastille est entièrement dédié aux amoureux du mojito avec un grand M ! Le Bacardi Mojito Lab est ouvert tous les jours à partir de 19h00.