Today, TV Asahi spoke about harassment and doxxing attempts online, which have been increasing recently.
In the comment section of Yahoo!News, about 20K comments out of 320K are deleted every 24h.
Online harassment has also been surging in schools.
Graph -
Red: elementary school
Orange: middle school
Blue: high school
Numbers: cases per year
Numbers have doubled in four years.
Companies who are looking to hire are consulting online-checking services, where specialists will look into possible candidates to see if they have said anything dangerous/abusive online.
Why understanding the difference between “racism” and “xenophobia” is key in order to understand systemic discrimination.
A thread (which will make many white people angry).
I have seen time and time again that “why does it matter, discrimination is discrimination” and yeah, you’re right, discrimination is bad—but not understanding the root of the hatred does more harm than good.
Sexism and racism are both terrible, but we wouldn’t mix them up nowadays, would we?
(WoC are often subjected to both racism and sexism, but trust me that we know pretty well which is which, and yes, both prejudices feed off each other)
I’ve told this story before, so apologies if you’ve already read this.
I was 27, working in Japan. My client was this huge multinational, famous and powerful corporation. They were important. I was their liaison in France and afaik they were very happy with my work.
In particular, this man in his late 50s-early 60s who was the “boss” (perhaps a manager? I don’t remember) was very kind. I was naive to think he was just impressed at my dedication.
When we returned to Tokyo, I received an email from him (at my work address, no less) inviting me to a celebratory dinner.
I wrongfully assumed he meant the whole client team and myself. I did wonder why only I was invited from my company, but again—naive.
Last week, Sanseidō published the Japanese translation of "The Feminism Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained."
In the translator’s afterword, it says "the translation of this book was done by two non-feminists in order to soften the resistance against the word 'feminism.'"
OP also states that this is the first time in this series of Big Ideas (図鑑シリーズ) that the translators have *not* been translated by experts in the field. So why are we actively not listening/reding actual feminists when it comes to feminism?
(Also OP also says that both the translation and the content are good, so it's still highly recommended!)
I am stepping down from the community known as “feminist twitter.”
First and foremost, I want to say thank you. Thank you for teaching me values I felt but couldn’t voice, for guiding me, for helping me find myself, and shining a light into what has become my passion: intersectional feminism.
I have learned so much from all of you. Thank you for engaging with me even at my lowest. Thank you for standing with me when I faltered. I owe you more than I can voice.
Sadly, I do not feel safe in this community anymore.