March 27, 2007
Tech Blogger Kathy Sierra Menaced by Hate Speech, Death and Rape Threats
Creating Passionate Users' Kathy Sierra canceled her keynote speech at ETech in San Diego [possibly triggering, possibly NSFW], because she was intimidated by a series of sexually loaded threats of murder and rape, both in the comments of her own blog and in two group blogs, meankids.org and Bob's Yer Uncle, run by a group of tech and marketing bloggers. Neither site is now available; Bob's Yer Uncle has been yanked for violating WordPress's terms of service.
Sierra reproduced examples both of graphic attacks on her and written attacks on other women in her field, all laden with vivid imagery of violence against and contempt for women.
This is what the Tech Boys Club looks like [possibly triggering, possiby NSFW].
(via Lindsay Beyerstein)
Posted by abostick at March 27, 2007 10:59 AMGuess the bullies won this round, big time. Not only are they getting lots of attention from lots of people, they actually made someone do something she didn't want to do -- cancel her speech. Yeah, showing them how effective and powerful they are ris really going to discourage them.
Posted by: Nolly at March 27, 2007 10:38 PM
