mallamun-socialjustice:

kicking-asana-and-taking-names:

If a girl feels uncomfortable hanging out with you alone, and you get so offended by that, it makes you angry, she probably made the right choice.

I know I’ve reblogged this recently but still so spot the fuck on.

How to Start a Podcast with Paul Jarvis

clientsfromhell:

Producing a quality podcast doesn’t need much of a time or money investment. With that in mind, Paul’s article on creating a podcast for people who don’t want their lives taken over by podcasting is here.

I used Pat Flynn’s complete step-by-step podcasting tutorial (here) when I started this podcast.

Quick notes on best practices for podcasts (mostly via x):

• People have 18-minute attention spans.
• 22 minutes is the ideal length for a podcast episode.
• Most podcast episodes are uploaded earlier in the week; Tuesday is the ideal day.
• Weekly is the ideal frequency

For Mac users:

• Call Recorder for Skype($15 to $30)
• Edit with GarageBand ($0)

For PC users:

• Record calls with Pamela($0) or MP3 Skype Recorder ($0) (Bryce uses the latter)
• Edit with Audacity ($0)

That’s it! A good mic, a few free (or cheap) programs and you’re all set! Throw a blanket over your recording station if you’re feeling reeeally opulent. 

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Paul runs The Creative Class, an online series of lessons aimed at empowering and educating freelancers. 

Use coupon code CFH to save $50 on it.  

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Talking Publicly About Harassment Generates More Harassment

femfreq:

A few months ago, I posted a series of tweets about some of the most disturbing and vile sexual harassment I receive online.

(Read my entire series of tweets here)

Because the behaviors of online harassers are often so predictable, I feared that doing this would result in a flood of similar harassment, but I felt it was important to speak out about it precisely because men use tactics like this in an effort to silence and disempower women, and because I know that gendered online harassment of this sort is hardly unique to me. It is important that people understand just how ugly and horrifying the epidemic of online harassment can be. This is not something that can be dismissed or ignored; being the target of such sustained, widespread harassment tactics can and does take a very real mental and emotional toll. Nobody should simply have to accept this as the price of participating in social media.

The tweets you see here represent just a small fraction of the responses I received within the first 24 hours of my comments about this particular online sexual harassment tactic. The responses number well into the hundreds and continued to pour in for weeks. Please note that while I’m not sharing any of the copycat responses that included pictures of genitalia or other explicit imagery, I did receive a great deal of those in addition to the responses below.

Content warning for misogyny, gendered insults, victim blaming, sexual violence, sexual harassment, and threats.

It’s a Compliment

Prove it!

Just Stop Internetting

Victim Blaming

What About The Menz!?

It’s No Big Deal