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ka-BLOG! TAKE BACK THE TECH!
www.takebackthetech.net
ideas@takebackthetech.net
25 Nov to 10 Dec
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ka-BLOG! We want to take over the blogosphere for 16 days.
ka-BLOG! is a 16-day blog fest for the Take Back the Tech Campaign. It is open to anyone and everyone - girls, boys, everyone beyond and more -- who wants to share their thoughts, write poetry and prose, post graphics / pictures, rant, rave, heckle, make snide remarks, stick their tongue out at violence against women, and how online communications can exacerbate or help eliminate VAW.
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What is the campaign about?
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It is simply a call for every person– women and men, who uses online communications (ICTs), e.g. for chatting, emailing, blogging, doing websites or developing tools, to use ICTs for activism against VAW (violence against women) for 16 days. Primarily, we are asking women and grrls to “Take Back The Tech!” But you don’t have to be female to
disagree with violence faced by women and be part of the campaign to transform gender relations. Unequal power relations lie at the heart of VAW, and this is apparent from the streets to online spaces. So we are
saying technology should be used for equality, not to perpetuate violence.
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How to ka-BLOG?
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1. *commit*: commit yourself to 16 days of blogging about violence against women and technology.
2. *email*: Email ideas@takebackthete ch.net, with your blog address and name/handle/ nick if you want to sign up as a Ka-BLOGger, if possible, before 25 November. f you don't have a blog yet, this will be a great place to start! Email us, and we'll send you links on how to start your own blog :)
2. *identify*: make it known by putting a takebackthetech icon on your blog — create your own or grab a few icons from our Campaign Tools and
Materials.
3. *post*: post something about the how you think violence against women connects with information communications technology? have a story? heard
something quirky? snap a picture? think this is serious? doesn't make much sense? anything at all! just post one thing a day from 25 nov to 10
dec on thinking about violence against women
4. tag it: use "takebackthetech" to tag your posts
http:// takebackthetech. net/wiki/ tiki-index. php?page= blogathon# tag
5. link back: send in your bloglinks and and we'll rss your posts to the campaign website throughout the 16 days
6. expand: widen the campaign to your readers by linking your blog to the campaign site.
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What to ka-BLOG! About?
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So long as it's about violence against women (well, against) and how it connects to ICTs (and vice versa). So long as it's about gender relations. So long as it's about how women can have more control over
technology. So long as it's about women and gender equality.
It does not matter to us if the blog entries come in the form of jokes, limmericks, poetry, short stories, blurbs, graphics, pictures, articles, creative narratives.
We welcome bloggers in different languages!
So ka-BLOG! with us!
For more information on ka-BLOG!, go www.takebackthetech.net
[FYI. In Filipino slang, "ka-BLOG" would mean someone you blog with.] |
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Are
you ready to come out?
If you are not out in your life—to your family, friends,
or coworkers—The Advocate invites you to come out
in the pages of the national gay and lesbian newsmagazine as part
of our published issue marking National Coming Out Day, October
11, 2003.
E-mail
your story and your photo to survey@advocate.com.
Tell us a little about yourself—your name, age, hometown,
occupation, and anything else you think we should know—and
why you are coming out now.
You
must include your full name and both an E-mail address and telephone
number where you can be contacted. If you are unable to E-mail
a photo, please let us know.
Everyone
whose story can be verified will be included in The Advocate's
Coming Out issue in October. (For legal reasons, readers who are
under age 18 will need to have written parental permission to
participate.)
If
you are already out, congratulations! Please encourage friends
who are not yet out to take that important step for National Coming
Out Day and share their stories with The Advocate.
Help
us celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 11!
Participants must reply by Midnight PDT, September 2, 2003
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Have
your own personal site?
If its women oriented, we would be happy to put it up on the website.
Email the URL to lemonz@pinklemonz.com. |
This Page Supports Equal Rights and The Equality Project
Dedicating to promoting education and acceptance of all genders, sexualities, races and religions.
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image for details*
BUD LIGHT
Popular gay illustrator Joe Phillips, who has also done work for Jocko underwear, illustrates this "Be Yourself" campaign showing people at parties. This version is one of the more gay-specific, showing two women together, which does not show up often in gay-targeted ads.
*Taken from Commercial Closet*
The Commercial Closet Association is a non-profit educational and journalism organization that works to improve societal perceptions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people through better portrayals in the most powerful cultural medium of our time--mainstream advertising. The project brings together journalistic reporting, critiques, visitor reviews, live video lectures, guidelines and resources for advertisers and their ad agencies.
Click here for Archive Ads |
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FIRE
SIA ,
Writer
Fire Sia, 25 year old writer from Philippines
has a column on fridae.com which she explores issues on being a
lesbian in Asia. Here at Pink Lemonz, she speaks of love and writing.
The Interview
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ANH
KAO DOLBE,
Photographer
An
Asian photographer living in Boston.
The Interview
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TANIA
METCALF , Australian Web Designer
Tania Metcalf, a 17 year old from Perth, started writing
her own programs since she was eight. Since then, she now has 7
websites, exceptional design skills and a talent for photography.
Pink Lemonz finds out why, with a design portfolio like hers, that
she's applying to study Law.The
Interview
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LISA
CUNICO, Singaporean DJ
Lisa
Cunico, 29, has been a DJ for 6 years in her homeland of Singapore.
She started her career at the infamous Zouk Singapore and progressed
to Velvet Underground. The
Interview
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