“Where there are more guns, more women die”: A Harvard public health expert breaks down the data on firearms and women’s safety – Salon.com

The New York Times reported last week that 10 states are currently considering measures to allow people to carry firearms on college campuses. In Nevada, the Republican assemblywoman who sponsored the bill has argued that arming students amounts to a kind of rape prevention. “If these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I…

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Brianna Wu vs. the Gamergate Troll Army | Inc.com

Why would anyone want to kill Brianna Wu? At Arisia, of all places. It’s a fantasy and science-fiction convention, a festival of make-believe. The crowd inside the Westin Boston Waterfront hotel on this snowy Saturday in January is costumed, countercultural, and wildly diverse–androgynous couples in matching outfits, playful warriors packing “safe-bonded” heat (the barrels are plugged),…

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TV Writers See Little Diversity Progress, WGA Reports | Variety

Start Article Post Content Women and minority writers have seen minimal progress in television, the Writers Guild of America West has reported.The guild’s television staff brief found that female writers accounted for 29% of TV staff employment during the 2013-14 season, down from 30.5%. Minorities accounted for 13.7% during the 2013-14 season, down from 15.6%….

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