Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 18, 2024The Biggest Crisis A #PoliCartoon by me and Becky Hawkins.
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Fat Patients, Fat Patience #FatAcceptance
- Untitled May 17, 2024Thinking of that time that Degas painted the actress Ellen Andree sitting and looking pensive in a cafe, and Monet saw Degas' painting and decided to find the same actress and get her to pose in the same cafe so he could do his own version.
- Untitled May 17, 2024Copyright claims often go too far, crushing free speech and not allowing for the way artists are influenced by, repurpose, and even coincidentally echo, other art. Not this time, though! Jeff Dieschburg is a straight-up tracer who adds NOTHING original when he paints his copies of photos. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 17, 2024#PoliCartoon: Defending Free Speech
- Untitled May 16, 2024The Existence of Trains Debate #PoliCartoon #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming
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Category Archives: Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc.
Chait Criticizes Exactly The Kind Of Speech We Should Want More Of
Jonathan Chait’s attack against “Political Correctness” is the talk of the interwebs. He mixes a few examples of genuinely bad, but also rare and unrepresentative, anti-speech efforts (MacKinnon in 1992 (!), a student whose anti-feminist article led to his apartment … Continue reading
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13 Notes About #GamerGate
1) Gamergate started out with a huge misogynist outburst against (female and feminist) game developer Zoe Quinn. The term “gamergate” itself was coined by right-wing actor Adam Baldwin (of Firefly fame), endorsing a Youtube video which falsely accused Quinn of … Continue reading
Posted in Civility & norms of discourse, Feminism, sexism, etc, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., norms of discourse
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Ken White On Internet (Not Really) Lynch (Not Really) Mobs
#Shirtstorm quickly became a controversy, not about hostile workplaces for women per se, but instead about what are legitimate forms of debate. (If you don’t know what #Shirtstorm is, Phil Plait summarizes it here.) Although I saw several good articles … Continue reading
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Please stop saying that judges in Texas and DC said there’s a free speech right to take upskirt shots
Laci Green, a feminist sex educator, produced this graphic: Laci (whose work I’m generally a fan of) isn’t alone; a lot of blogs and news outlets have said – often in clickbaity headlines – that rulings in Texas and DC … Continue reading
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Steve Salaida’s Controversial Tweets About Anti-Semitism, With Context
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Dear The Stranger, Free Speech Is A Thing (UPDATED)
Dear The Stranger, Free Speech is a thing – even for off-duty cops. Unless you have real evidence that this person is letting his politics interfere with his work, or spending time on Facebook when he’s on the public clock, … Continue reading
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This copyright dispute is funny because monkey
Andrew Charlesworth at The Conversation nutshells: Whilst visiting a national park in North Sulawesi wildlife photographer David Slater had his camera stolen – not by a thief, but by an inquisitive crested black macaque. The resulting selfies are causing controversy … Continue reading
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Harvard Law Review Counsel Censors Footnote in Harvard Law Review Article on Censorship
In comments, Gin and Whiskey pointed out this gem from a Harvard Law Review article about censorship, “The Brave New World of Social Media Censorship.” Note 8: …see also Svetlana Mintcheva, post to Free Expression Network (Feb. 7, 2010) (in … Continue reading
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South Carolina “Fun Home” Censorship Update
(To listen to the best bit, I’d recommend advancing to the 17 minute mark.) After the South Carolina House passed a bill cutting $52,000 from the College of Charleston for including Alison Bechdel’s memoir Fun Home in a campus reading … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues
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