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A woman’s place is on the Internet

Mary Manjikian (Regent): The Magic of Completeness and the Politics of Invisibility: A Feminist Response to Big Data. From Women, Action and the Media, a report on what harassment looks like on Twitter, and how Twitter responds to it. Amanda Hess on why women aren't welcome on the Internet. Feminist writers are so besieged by online abuse that some have begun to retire. Anne Theriault on calling female online harassment what it really is: terrorism. S.E. Smith on how death threats became the new normal. What if a stalker had an army? Zoe Quinn’s ex-boyfriend was obsessed with destroying her reputation — and thousands of online strangers were eager to help. Stephen Totilo on how Anita Sarkeesian wants video games to change. We are not colonists: Gita Jackson on how minority voices in games and tech present a necessary challenge to our imagined community. Charlie Rose interviews Megan Smith, chief technology officer of the United States, on data, innovation, and women in technology. Lean back, Eric Schmidt: Katie McDonough on how interrupting men and unconscious bias are killing women’s careers. Selena Larson on how Eric Schmidt's SXSW sexism was not an isolated incident. Feminists organize editing sessions to address Wikipedia's “gender trouble”. Rebecca Mead on why a woman’s place is on the Internet. After #yesallwomen: Jessa Crispin on the implications of throwing the label “women’s pain” around individual experiences of suffering.