Racism, Avatars, and Identity Online (Bitch Blogs)
Unfortunately, this incredibly hostile environment of online racism often ends up perpetuating oppression. Yang pointed out that when some people attempt to ease racial tensions (“You should pick a different username.” “You should just choose blonde hair.”) that race and ethnicity are erased entirely (E-race, get it?). This also leaves it up to the user experiencing abuse to deal with the issue instead of changing broader attitudes and actions of others.The Riverfront says goodbye to editor Annie Zaleski.
On Charlie Sheen and Chris Brown (Feministing)
Sheen is riding the current wave of publicity to the bank. So is Brown. But the narratives surrounding the two of them could not be more different. Brown can’t give an interview without having to speak about Rihanna. This is a good thing. He shouldn’t be out there promoting himself at all right now, as Samhita pointed out. But Sheen’s long, ongoing, and unpunished abuse of women is not part of the narrative surrounding his public break down, which by the way should also be occurring behind closed doors.
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