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Twitter
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For a Writer of Color, Is Twitter More Valuable Than an MFA?
As if the overwhelmingly white world of publishing, institutional networking, and workshopping wasn't already hard for people of color. Morgan Jerkins found writerly advancement in the more informal space of Black Twitter.
No, You Don’t Have Free Speech Online
We treat platforms like they are public utilities. They’re not—but maybe they could be.
Sex Workers Don’t Owe You Any Answers
It is not the job of sex workers to do pro bono work un-paralyzing society’s hang-ups about sex, commerce, and the space where the two meet.
Why Ryan Gosling’s Cereal Video Is More Important Than It Seems
The viral Vine is more than a touching tribute; it's a lesson on how to effectively raise awareness about public health issues.
How Social Media Can Help Natural-Disaster Victims
It's a lot of information overload, but there's some useful stuff in there too.
Tweets From a Changing Arctic
Interested in environmental issues in the North? Here are the Twitter users to follow.
Subsisting on the Faves
Posting teen angst poetry and being part of an active commenting community helped Christine Friar digest the garden-variety pain of growing up, and—unbeknownst to her at the time—curbed the loneliness of being raised by one sick parent and one caretaker parent.
This Week in Hate Speech
A round-up of news and research on hateful speech, and efforts to silence it.
An Insane Story
Psychiatric hospitals are not as good at diagnosing the mentally ill as you’d think, and they never really have been.