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		<title>Feminist blog historical record</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2008-04-22_709</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tekanji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Liz at badgerbag is looking for information on the history of the feminist blogosphere.
Here&#8217;s what she&#8217;s looking for:
- When did you start finding feminist blogs?
- What were the first ones you became aware of?
- Which ones did you read, and how did you think of them? How would you describe the character of the blog, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Male gaze, what male gaze?</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2008-01-24_689</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:32:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tekanji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gender Cultism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sex, sexuality, and sexual politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Beauty Myth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I think the video says it all. But, if not, then go read this deconstruction of the site being advertised: Chickipedia. For Guys That Never Get Laid.
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		<title>For male gamers and readers, something embarrassing</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/luke/2007-11-18_673</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 20:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luke</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Popular Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet is Serious Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The backstory: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin%27s_creed">Assassin's Creed</a> is one of the most anticipated games of the year. When Yahoo! is talking about your game on the front-page, you know the buzz is pretty significant. The producer for this game is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_Raymond">Jade Raymond</a> who, like the lead-producer of every other game created in the modern age, gives a good portion of the interviews with the press. That is, if you're a producer of a game and you're noticeably articulate, you're the one talking about it, you don't tell the advertising executive or the intern to do that. As the game is being released, a comic/drawing surfaces, most infamously on the Something Awful forums depicting Jade performing fellatio on male fanboys (not to be confused with the photoshopped nude photos of Jade that are floating around). This comic is seen and shared by members of the SA forums at which point Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka of SA <a href="http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2686438">receives a cease and desist/threat of lawsuit letter</a> from the legal representation of Ubisoft telling them to shut it all down and to let them know everything about where they get the image, who drew it, etc. At this point, the story becomes popular outside of SA and other blogs start picking it up, forming their own opinions (yes, just like me and just like this one). The story appears on digg and with it a rash of the most sexist comments (and some countering the sexist comments) appear. ]]></description>
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		<title>Lakota Sioux women&#8217;s shelter needs help</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/dora/2007-11-15_668</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sigel Phoenix</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse, rape, and domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet is Serious Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<i>All text from the <a href="http://www.prettybirdwomanhouse.blogspot.com/">Pretty Bird Woman House blog</a>.</i>

<blockquote>In May of this year, the progressive netroots pulled together to save a tiny women's shelter on a Lakota Sioux reservation in South Dakota. Thanks to over 680 strangers who donated a combined $27,000, Pretty Bird Woman House was able to keep its doors open for the duration and provide emergency shelter for 188 women and 132 children.

But just last month thieves broke into Pretty Bird Woman House - literally smashing holes through the walls. They stole the computers, teh television, clothing, toiletries - all donated. Then arsonists set fire to the building.

Pretty Bird Woman House remains open, without a house, in an unheated, donated office. The tribal council has done all it can afford to do. Without a house, this sanctuary will die.

Pretty Bird Woman House needs another netroots miracle to survive. There is so much in the world we are powerless over. For Pretty Bird Woman House <u>you</u> can make a difference, make the world a better place, right here, right now, today.</blockquote>]]></description>
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		<title>More on harassment on the internet</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-10-07_655</link>
		<comments>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-10-07_655#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tekanji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Privilege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Evil -ism's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet is Serious Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, the Angry Black Woman posts about an experience she had with a troll who, when banned, continued to harass her. The post itself is worth a read, but (oh so predictably) another troll shows up in her comments to start telling her how bad and wrong she was for informing the guy&#8217;s company of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasearch: Call for Participants</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/arielladrake/2007-05-05_593</link>
		<comments>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/arielladrake/2007-05-05_593#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2007 11:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>arielladrake</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Studies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet is Serious Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;m taking a class on Iranian Society this semester, and our major assessment item is a small selected-sample study on outsider (ie, people not in Iran) perceptions of Iranian society. Given my postgraduate study plans (whilst being somewhat uncertain at the moment given the state of my university department) involve exploring feminist blogging and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harassment, silencing, and gaming communities: follow-up</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-04-08_570</link>
		<comments>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-04-08_570#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tekanji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse, rape, and domestic violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privilege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Evil -ism's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet is Serious Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video Games]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to do a quick follow-up on my Harassment, silencing, and gaming communities, posting some relevant links.
First up is Lake Desire with her thoughts on my piece. My favourite part is where she says this:
I want to be able to speak up in mainstream places without being ignored, having my character attacked, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yes, Kotaku, you WERE the reason why we started TIN! And also, Santa is real.</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-03-27_563</link>
		<comments>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-03-27_563#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tekanji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privilege]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tabletop RPGs, LARP, etc]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brian Crecente of Kotaku has tried to take credit for the inception of The IRIS Network. I&#8217;m not even joking:
In my caveman like attempts at prodding talented, strong-voiced women into writing more vocally about gaming I have stirred the ire of several feminist gaming writers who recently banded together to launch the IRIS Network a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kotaku Wants Women Bloggers</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-03-12_558</link>
		<comments>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-03-12_558#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 06:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tekanji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For "her"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Evil -ism's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet is Serious Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s official, Kotaku blogger Crecente has done his homework and decided that women just don&#8217;t blog about video games! This, of course, on the wake of Kotaku link blogging Guilded Lily&#8217;s post on covers she wants to see without giving any sort of nod to the meme that inspired it, or the other female [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who gets to decide when women are oppressed?</title>
		<link>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-02-19_524</link>
		<comments>http://blog.shrub.com/archives/tekanji/2007-02-19_524#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tekanji</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Feminism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Privilege in Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Internet is Serious Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the first post in the newly created category, Privilege in Action. Posts in this category will be devoted to highlighting and analyzing small bits of privilege that crop up in everyday life. This category is part catharsis and part evidence gathering for the people who say that they can&#8217;t see how their group [...]]]></description>
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