is the internet getting you down?

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do you ever wonder where is the ‘me’ in memes?or why memes tend to be so mean?

& what it is all means – the porn, the scorn, the reddit police?

are you tired of bullies & trolls?perhaps you’re scared of the spies?

oh, how the government lies!

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beware, the spies are everywhere!& it isn’t just the nsa via webcam.

even your mom’s watching your moves on instagram.it’s true, boo hoo!

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so i ask again: is the internet getting you down?

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does it feel like endgame for sister freaks & trans geeks in games?

perhaps your guild feels unsafe, peopled more by real life orcs than sweet, sexy dorks?

perhaps you’ve tweeted your last stand –

– only to find yourself doxxed by folks who claim the

anonymous upper hand?@darshancampos

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(hey hey, anonymity isn’t Anonymous,

no way!)

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if the internet is getting you down,i’ve got a remedy.

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it’s really quite simple & rather matter of fact.we’re smarter in community. & safer to boot.

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whether we wear a white hat or black, cloak or communicator,

when we form guilds of sister freaks & trans geeks,

we’re more resistant to the infection of internet sexism.

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together we can more easily escape the internet’s fireswamp of sexist shenanigans.

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more swiftly avoid its swamps of sadness.more deftly detect its territorializing trolls.

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so sister freaks & trans geeks, move up & out.

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because you’re right, you know –the internet is for everyone!

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it’s more than possible – it’s entirely true!there’s so many online communities for you!

one, two, how about a few?

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make the decision to check out the hawkeye initiative! what’s sexism in your face but a call for sass,

satire, & sisterhood?

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or introduce yourself to the ada initiative!

ada’s really quite awesome, she’s political too, because satire won’t unseat the senate or send trolls back to the zoo.

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grassroots organizing, even online? yes! & beyond petition time!

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try padlet, perhaps, to solicit more smarts. such a pretty platform to organize, strategize, prioritize, & then mobilize.

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bust down the doors of the internet trolls by blogging for freedom & feminism too!

last but not least, have heart & take pride & start to strategize!

make your own stuff! mine your own turf! really. literally. digitally.

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we can do it – & code it.that’s how we own it!

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let’s take back the internet like we take back our streets ... … from rapists &

bullies & racist police.

and show how internet’s free & open for all kinds!

…. all genders …. …. all gamers …. …. all geeks ….

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& our tweeting, well-meaning mothers too.

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big to all the contributorsto the creative commons.

You can find most of these images on flickr!

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a public internet announcement : by :

darshan elena campos, ph.d.

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