Sexist mirrors

distortion of the gender binary & the patriarchy of

internet economy

it's political, it's not  comfortable and you can take breaks

I do not pretend to represent or speak on behalf of  womanity or on behalf of all diverse-self-defining-not-conforming individuals.

 

I acknowledge my privileges, and I acknowledge solidarity as a political practice of love and recognition.

hvale vale

a due feminist disclosure

The different degree of sexism 

from the unpleasant to the aggression

women/feminists/activists have no sense of humor

the right to disagree and the freedom of using creative variation

of the F* word

"If you cannot stand the space or the critics you should leave!"

Who are the intermediary of our Internet interactions and which responsibility they hold?

moneys moneys moneys

source: realtime accumulation of wealth

the big five

The world’s biggest tech firms are always out to make more money, and they’re always looking for a new hook into your habits that can be turned into revenue.

the term of use

The hosts say they are not responsible because they are just platform not media organizations, content is a responsibility of the user, still users are not shareholders of the platform

They give us algorithms of happiness,  they frame our  news-timelines, they mainstream binary as metadata!

state/Gov

• How established and independent our (country) institution are? The citizenry rights divide, old vs fragile democracies
• The slow pace of institution and the fast speed of the Internet
• The hierarchy of reaction as hierarchy of value (terrorists - suspension of rights/state of emergency vs safety from violence)

corporation

• Capitalism: the success of one via personal data of the many
• The ToS meaningless consent
• The false myth of empowering shared economy: exploited contractors without ownership and rights
• The technology hegemony: the internet of things and the extractive industry

the public/private world

There is a small world of users with 24/7 internet broadband access.

This small world is shaped by "the winning" western-white-male narrative.

The powerful of the small world shapes the bigger less connected or yet-to-be-connected world.

so what next, shall we have our force awaken?

what are we missing? how is in real life?

Informal cultural norms and exclusionary practices

what are feminist internet activists advocating for?

• Protection?
• Censorship?
• Safe Space?

which feminism we speak and promote online

Do we know the trollers, the perpetrators?

• The evangelist of legalizing rape on private property

• The #GamerGate

• Milo Yiannopoulos or who's counter-culture

• The bot's army

• The YouTubers stars (role model / discourse settings)

• but also the pre-teen and teen (new millennials)

  • Viber / WhatsApp chats room: perpetrator / victim

  • Girls violence on girls (the nasty females)

  • Is cool to be "badass" (subversive language?)

do we understand how the Internet work?

• Access
• Agency
• Economy
• Expression
• Movement Building

Movement

Agency & Autonomy

economy

Access/expression

#imagineafeministinternet

Are privacy and anonimity desired rights?

feminist
principles of the internet

to reflect on sexism and sexist hate speech we need to work on the intersection of:

Internet rights, women rights, technology, privacy, sexual rights ...

source: #feministinternet.org

The solidarity of the networked

boundaries are blur

there are no ready recipy

keep calm, stay self-centred, aware, connect on the ground as online and believe that you can make it

So why Ada Lovelace?

Self-help for sexists in six simple steps

Peng! Collective - Zero Trollerance

online attack against #TakeBacktheTech

On 9 October 2015, misogynists, trolls and a variety of people who associate with the #Gamergate hashtag decided to occupy and corrupt the #TakeBackTheTech and #ImagineAFeministInternet hashtags by posting thousands of anti-feminist and misogynistic tweets and memes

the background on the attack

facts on #takebackthetech

overwhelming?

our tools

• Anonymity
• Playing Identities: fake, multiple, collective
• Counter-speech
• Blocking Block Together and Block Bot
• Swarming -creating communities of support
• Creating Bots against trolls
• Take control over technology
• Reviewing and renaming the representation of the own self (the personal bias)
• Exploring alternative spaces

solidarity again

Solidarity is a political act but is trans-formative if done with/for love

Sexist hate speech is a symptom not the cause / root

Censoring, filtering is the contemporary form of the old "taboo", hide do no cure

Investing in Coding - tech is not neutral

Moderation - user control

Language diversity - real access

Intersectional people governance of the internet

responses

Sources and resources

• The feminist principle of the Internet
• Best practice forum (BPF) on Online Abuse and gender-based violence against women
• Sarah Jeong - the garbage of the Internet
• GisWatch - Women's rights, gender and ICTs (2013); Sexual rights and the Internet (2015) reports
• Zen and the art of making tech working for you
• and do not forget yourself, your network of friends, companions and allies

my S/place

Women Rights Program - APC

#feministinternet

Takebackthetech.net

EROTICS

One World Platform

Zenskaposla.ba

OKvir

hvale.me

collectives on the move

@froatosebe

hvale@apcwomen.org