Safe Streets Poll
This is a general question, but bears a little thought…of course it also depends if you actually walk anywhere!
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This is a general question, but bears a little thought…of course it also depends if you actually walk anywhere!
Borrowing from a certain Credit Card ad everyone has heard…”What’s In Your Pocket”? You must unlearn what you have learned (Master Yoda) What do you carry with you that makes you feel safe? A weapon? A “defensive spray”? Keys? A Talisman or Charm? Your Mobile Phone, maybe? Are you aware that these are mostly useless…

Dark Patterns that Mislead Consumers Are All Over the Internet Think you can tell a dark pattern from an ethically designed prompt? Take our quiz to find out By: Alfred Ng and Sam Morris In January 2018, Kelly Ross, a mother of three in Washington, D.C., saw a charge from the children’s education app, ABCmouse,…

Consent: noun: consent; plural noun: consents 1. permission for something to happen or agreement to do something. “no change may be made without the consent of all the partners” synonyms: agreement, assent, acceptance, approval, approbation; More permission, authorization, sanction, leave; backing, endorsement, support; informalgo-ahead, thumbs up, green light, OK “the consent of all members” antonyms:…

I have to thank Dr. Jill Cermele and Dr. Martha McCaughey for posting the following list to their blog “See Jane Fight Back” and allowing me to repost it here. The original title is 10 reasons why advocating self-defense training for women is feminist and not victim-blaming – I’ve shortened it, but it is no…

Everyone has the inherent right to safety – their person, their family, their home… Why then is there such a question about the right to defend that safety? In North America especially, we seem to have two extreme views on defending oneself – either not at all, or to the extreme point of ridiculousness – both of…

I came across this post entitled, “Consent, Not Actually That Complicated”. The Woman who wrote this post (known as “Rockstar Dinosaur Pirate Princess”) makes a brilliant analogy to make it perhaps the most blatantly simple explanation ever spoken. Even if you’re as mad as a March Hare (or a Hatter), you should understand! If you’re…