April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, But That Isn’t Enough
[TRIGGER WARNING for discussion of sexual violence.] As you may have noticed, April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and like with a lot of other awareness months, the focus is a little too narrow. Awareness isn’t enough when it comes to sexual assault. In order for things to change, we have to give equal attention (or even more) to prevention. …
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Examining the Effect of KONY 2012
Unless you were completely off the grid last week, you probably saw either Invisible Children’s KONY 2012 video, the backlash against it, or both. While there’s a wealth of critical analysis of whether the KONY 2012 campaign is actually doing any good, there’s no doubt that it got people’s attention. So let’s examine the good, the bad, and the to-be-determined …
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Takedown Take Two: Bald Barbie Returns
Whoo boy. Since my last Takedown, the “Bald Barbie movement” exploded, with the story being broadcast worldwide and 110,000 more people jumping on the bandwagon and liking the Facebook page. Let me get this out right from the start: I don’t hate kids with cancer. I am not, contrary to some of the comments made on my last article, a …
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Takedown: Bald Barbie
This week’s crapdate is showing up in a variety of ways, so here it is from a Facebook page created just to spread the message: “We would like to see a Beautiful and Bald Barbie made to help young girls who suffer from hair loss due to cancer treatments, Alopecia or Trichotillomania. Also, for young girls who are having trouble …
Read MoreCasey Anthony, Facebook Outrage, and Missing White Woman Syndrome
When the Casey Anthony trial verdict was announced last week, my social media feeds blew up in heavily-punctuated outrage. My Facebook feed alone had a string of nearly one hundred status updates, all expressing shock, dismay, and anger at the outcome of the trial, most using a minimum of four exclamation points. At work, the verdict was all anyone could …
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