following: 3
followed tags: 16
followed domains: 1
badges given: 0 of 0
hubskier for: 3767 days
Axiomatic, a collection of science-fiction short stories by Greg Egan.
This is why my business card simply says "Problem Solver" as a job description. People get an initial kick out of it being unusual, but then open up a conversation by asking, "So what does that mean?" Then I must explain the array of work I've done and the interests I have, and how there's a common thread of core skills within my versatility that make me a good fit for lots of different things.
|I can escape the feeling of complicity in it only by speaking out. I wish more people in power majorities understood this.
How terrifying is it that we have a culture that determines that the proper response to a woman talking about wanting to be welcome/equal in a community is to threaten to kill her?It's impossible to tell if the threats were serious statements of intent from a homicidal individual or were just made "for the lulz", in the language of online trolls, in order to sow chaos and discord and deny Sarkeesian a platform for her views.
Suffering from Impostor Syndrome, perhaps?