WE are the cops. You and me.
I read an amusing list online a few days ago. It was a list of how not to be “creepy.” It was all the usual things, such as “don’t touch people without their permission,” and “don’t corner people when...
View ArticlePower is a great fertilizer.
Power consolidation combined with opaqueness is the perfect hiding place for scoundrels. Anyone in power discouraging or outright rejecting transparency does not have the best interests of those they...
View Article“It’s a PR problem” is the problem.
There is a value. It is a numerical value. It is the number of children who have been abused. It is the number of incidents of an organization covering it up. It is the number of times a priest has...
View Article“Creepy, doll.”
I’ve been experimenting with the word “creepy” and what it means.1 My current experiment is that we use “creepy” when we’re afraid to say “predatory.” Maybe it’s because we don’t want to offend...
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