https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:29:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2018/09/29/twitter-suspended-me-for-tweeting-feminist-academic-research-heres-why-thats-a-problem/ Sat, 29 Sep 2018 16:55:32 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/?p=2298 This morning, I did what I always, lamentably, do, which is wake up and check Twitter. I noticed that the account for MIT, where I work as an admissions officer and research affiliate, had tweeted a story about Math Prize for Girls, an annual competition, hosted on campus last weekend, for women with an affinity for STEM. I’m a longtime fan and supporter of Math Prize. In fact, I had spoken at the competition, giving a […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2018/04/10/the-four-horsemen-of-the-free-speech-apocalypse-emerging-conceptual-challenges-for/ Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:41:31 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/?p=2113 Last April, I blogged about a talk on trigger warnings I gave as a representative of the Board of the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), a nonprofit whose mission is to promote freedom of thought, inquiry and expression and oppose censorship in all its forms. Earlier today, at the request of Executive Director Chris Finan, I presented to the rest of the Board some early thoughts about ascendent challenges and emerging threats to those concerned […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2017/12/06/why-wholesome-memes-might-be-our-best-hope-against-the-nazis/ Wed, 06 Dec 2017 16:50:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2017/12/06/why-wholesome-memes-might-be-our-best-hope-against-the-nazis/ https://civic.mit.edu/2017/05/25/liveblogging-ppdd17-inconsistent-information-access-across-alabama-public-schools-and/ Thu, 25 May 2017 16:45:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2017/05/25/liveblogging-ppdd17-inconsistent-information-access-across-alabama-public-schools-and/ https://civic.mit.edu/2017/05/24/liveblogging-ppdd17-exploring-life-in-the-digital-age-and-pervasive-technology/ Wed, 24 May 2017 20:33:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2017/05/24/liveblogging-ppdd17-exploring-life-in-the-digital-age-and-pervasive-technology/ https://civic.mit.edu/2017/05/24/liveblogging-ppdd17-information-and-communication-technologies-and-social-justice-media/ Wed, 24 May 2017 19:10:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2017/05/24/liveblogging-ppdd17-information-and-communication-technologies-and-social-justice-media/ https://civic.mit.edu/2017/05/24/liveblogging-ppdd17-global-perspectives-on-gaps-in-digital-divide-understanding-and/ Wed, 24 May 2017 17:27:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2017/05/24/liveblogging-ppdd17-global-perspectives-on-gaps-in-digital-divide-understanding-and/ https://civic.mit.edu/2017/04/03/mapping-the-concepts-of-content-warnings-three-themes-two-causes-a-possible-path-forward/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 10:08:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2017/04/03/mapping-the-concepts-of-content-warnings-three-themes-two-causes-a-possible-path-forward/ https://civic.mit.edu/2016/05/24/liveblogging-odr2016-afternoon-sessions-on-innovating-justice/ Tue, 24 May 2016 09:03:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2016/05/24/liveblogging-odr2016-afternoon-sessions-on-innovating-justice/ https://civic.mit.edu/2016/05/24/liveblogging-odr2016-reconfiguring-legal-representation-to-provide-justice-for-detained/ Tue, 24 May 2016 06:54:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2016/05/24/liveblogging-odr2016-reconfiguring-legal-representation-to-provide-justice-for-detained/