how will you be defined in the dictionary?

diane shipley

try it and let me know what it said!

even after researching and writing about the online harassment of kathy sierra last year, i’m still totally shocked by the weekend’s news of a mcdonald’s executive’s ‘death by blog’.

i know too well the vitriol that gets directed at perfectly decent people who also happen to be bloggers. (i’ve had my taste, education and intellectual ability questioned… and i’ve only suffered the mildest of doses!) 

while commenters can’t take the blame for another person’s mental ill-health, we all have a duty to behave like human beings - whether online or off.

in other words, if you’re ever tempted to spew hate via your asdl, step. away. from the computer… and get a life, instead of trying to ruin someone else’s.

fistula fundraising: the final tally! (sorry, you might have to squint)

thanks so much to everyone who contributed! *mwah*

together, we have helped at least one woman with this devastating condition. yay! (i thought mother’s day was an appropriate day to share the news).

if you missed it, or are itching to give to another great cause, may i recommend this one? (you get a free e-book!)

a couple of things to make feminists (or you know, everyone) good and angry:

kay burley is a misogynist/idiot.

this is not only stupid and sexist; it doesn’t make much sense. call me clueless but i had no idea PETA was so anti-women.

finally, an antidote: random acts of feminism! (love. it.)