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Daily Digest for Thursday, Oct 16, 2014

☀️ Earliest posts come first.

Steve Ivy

“What I do, my poking, my devils advocacy..” — That’s not devil’s advocacy @RhysRhaven that’s just damaging others for fun.

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Steve Ivy

“For those asking “what is the point you’re a dick” you’re right. I give no apologies and expect no love or understanding.” — @RhysRhaven

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Steve Ivy

Sigh. I think I cracked a tooth. Starting to throb. I hate dental work and my last round ate up most of our insurance. Not excited for this.

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Steve Ivy

RT @femfreq: Online threats against women are real, pervasive and must be taken seriously by law enforcement agencies and educational insti…

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Steve Ivy

RT @amazonmusic: “I raised the walls and I will be the one to knock it down.” - R.E.M.

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Steve Ivy

Question for GG victims: can a white (actual) guy create something intended to help without communicating “white male to the rescue”?

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Steve Ivy

@ChuckVStheMovie chuck is a whole conversation. It’s a great, nerdy show that still manages to objectify it’s female lead most weeks…

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Steve Ivy

@ChuckVStheMovie …and @AdamBaldwin’s support for GamerGate puts him in the wrong side of “don’t abuse women”. #threatsareviolence

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie What Yvonne does and the choices she makes are under her control /1

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie while what the writers and directors call for isn’t, and that’s what ends up on screen /2

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie and what’s on screen is what tells viewers “look at this”

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie the issue is that this treatment of women in media teaches men to view all women that way - w/o consent

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie the issue is not about the actors (or beach goers) but with a media that writes woman as eye-candy

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie the whole “what comes naturally” argument removes men’s responsibility to treat woman as people and equals.

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie women choosing how to present themselves is not the issue / a culture that teaches that women are objects.

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie 140 chars is not enough. She’s a great character who almost never needed to be exposed. That’s the line.

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Steve Ivy

@ChuckVStheMovie @Foretoldimages which is why she did not need to be made eye candy - she was tough and kicked ass just as she was.

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Steve Ivy

@ChuckVStheMovie since apparently my thumbs aren’t tired yet: @AdamBaldwin’s promoting of #gamergate allies him with abusive hateful people

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Steve Ivy

@ChuckVStheMovie I’m not going to rehash(tag) the last week, but follow @Spacekatgal, @femfreq and @TheQuinnspiracy, and really listen.

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Steve Ivy

@Argentsax @ChuckVStheMovie @AdamBaldwin don’t need to in order to know that anyone who cares about game journalism… 12

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Steve Ivy

@Argentsax @ChuckVStheMovie @AdamBaldwin …Needs to back away from #gamergate, as the “brand” has been taken over by sick, violent people.

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Steve Ivy

@Argentsax @ChuckVStheMovie @AdamBaldwin aaaaaaand there goes the pretense of debate.

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Steve Ivy

@scalzi @SteelyDanSays oh I want a variant of that with capaldi “The Doctor says No”

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages @ChuckVStheMovie No. Just no. First we quit hating, harassing, threatening, mistreating. Then we get to talk about the rest.

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages the differences in treatment of women and men is so vast that saying there are two “sides” is ludicrous.

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Steve Ivy

@Foretoldimages yes I’ve seen it — saying women have to take responsibility is victim blaming. Instead change the culture expects it.

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Steve Ivy

RT @ClaireRousseau: Men are afraid women that will disagree with them about video games. Women are afraid that men will kill them. #StopGam

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Steve Ivy

RT @sarawezzie: No woman should suffer threats of death, violence and rape from any man for daring to voice an opinion #stopgamergate

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Steve Ivy

Ugh. #dentist

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Steve Ivy

RT @thomasfuchs: When you answer support questions, your priorities should be:

  1. Empathize (genuinely)
  2. Fix the problem

In this order.

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Steve Ivy

RT @WaltHickey: Do two of you folks have RC quadcopters? I have a really good bad idea. http://t.co/3tf2Kh9sbL http://t.co/5L2KxiTzen

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Steve Ivy

@freebsdgirl @firstconversion I wonder if they even know what’s wrong with that sentence?

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Steve Ivy

Words have meaning, and do not exist in a vaccuum. #threatsareviolence

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Steve Ivy

RT @moryan: @scalzi If I may,I wrote something on Anita, Zoe, Brianna & the online harassment of women & how it’s getting worse. http://t.c…

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Steve Ivy

RT @mattgemmell: Little-known fact: Apple events are scheduled for our galaxy’s rare alignments with the White Zone, where Jony Ive exists …

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Steve Ivy

When a guy says re: female objectification: “but she doesn’t mind”, or “she should take responsibility for”, add on “…me drooling over her.”

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Steve Ivy

RT @eaton: Friends have asked me, “What’s GamerGate?” @theStake_org has a good overview from another fandom’s perspective: http://t.co/vnlA…

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Steve Ivy

@waxpancake man that’s sad

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Steve Ivy

Are you a woman on the Internet who might have an audience? Read @TheQuinnspiracy’s tips: http://t.co/74UOnZM7x1

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Steve Ivy

RT @femfreq: You’re welcome! But it was CBS This Morning. Here’s a link to the video clip: http://t.co/ys8nolvIcW http://t.co/ozHU5DY6QT

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Steve Ivy

I’m collecting anti-doxxing and anti-harassment resources, tips, advice. mostly looking for info from survivors and those in their circles.

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