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THE BLOGOSPHERE'S VERY OWN GENDER CONTROVERSY. Feministe is irate that Markos is so blas� about Kathy Sierra's accounts of online death threats. Not hard to see that one coming.
UPDATE: Jessica Valenti also comes out with guns blazing:
it's one thing to argue--as Markos does--that a blogger code of conduct would be ineffective. Fine. But dismissing online misogyny and Sierra's experience (without even bothering to do any research on the subject, to boot) is reprehensible. Though predictable given the source.I do not know what's happening but something is in the air these days and I am starting to think Paul Mirengoff will be proved right, after all. Kos's commenters are raking him over the coals already, including these tough words from regular Tapped commenter aimai.Implying that women are "whining" about harassment or violence against them and mocking them for taking these threats seriously is just such a sexist clich�. I think the progressive blogosphere deserves better.
--Garance Franke-Ruta
