Category: Politics
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Can Anyone Stop Facebook from Poisoning Democracy?
While the social media giant wraps itself in the banner of free expression and political speech, it serves more as a scrim to hide its continued spread of political disinformation to tens of millions of voters in advance of the 2020 elections.
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Poland invites nationalism in its commemoration of WWII by moving location and inviting Trump
Guest writer Rebecca M. Townsend paints an unsettling context for recent actions surrounding Poland’s 80th annual WWII commemoration.
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Facebook censored a ‘Waterboy’ GIF from their own GIF tool
Running afoul of Facebook’s community guidelines by using a built-in Facebook feature.
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Filled with PRIDE!
Pride. It’s more than just a word. It’s more than just a catchy title used for movements and festivals. It’s a matter of recognizing one’s own identity, one’s true self, and deciding that there’s nothing to be ashamed of – and everything to celebrate. On Saturday, I attended Out In The Park, the main event…
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Occupy Tacoma
Occupy Tacoma initiated its first action eight days ago, on October 7, 2011. I went to this first march expecting no more than a couple dozen at most, a scattered handful being more likely. What I found, instead, was what The News Tribune reported to be around 200 people. I was shocked, and happily so.…
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[Adam Unedited] SLUTWALK SEATTLE: Westlake Mall kicks Slutwalkers out for “indecent exposure”
The Westlake Center in downtown Seattle proved unfriendly to visiting Slutwalkers, kicking anyone associated with the protest out. The claim was “indecent exposure”, however most of the Slutwalkers entering the mall were dressed no more indecently than the typical, everyday Seattlites that regularly shop there. In response, the collected Slutwalkers tell Westlake to stick it…
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[Adam Unedited] SLUTWALK SEATTLE: A resource for recovery
A note from the SlutWalk Seattle EmCee about how ptsdforum.org can help survivors of rape and other trauma.
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[Adam Unedited] SLUTWALK SEATTLE: Activist & rape survivor Christy Forrester speaks
Activist & survivor Christy Forrester tells the crowd at SlutWalk Seattle about her personal experience with victim blaming and rape culture.
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[Adam Unedited] SLUTWALK SEATTLE: Queer femme poet Tara Hardy speaks
Poet Tara Hardy – recipient of the 2011 Washington Poet’s Association Burning Word Award, founder of Seattle-based LGBTIQ writing institute Bent and self-proclaimed “femme dyke” – speaks to the crowd at Seattle’s Slutwalk rally.
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[Adam Unedited] SLUTWALK SEATTLE: DVSAS and the Westboro protesters
At Seattle’s Slutwalk, Ronni Avila from the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS) in Bellingham collects donations whilst simultaneously poking fun at the Westboro Baptist Church. The Westboro church had a handful of members protesting Seattle’s Slutwalk; in retaliation, one of the signs seen in the Slutwalk read, “God hates Southern baptist breeding buttheads.”