Not Everyone Has To Deal With Abuse And Harassment, But Enough Do That Twitter Must Take Action. In A

Not everyone has to deal with abuse and harassment, but enough do that Twitter must take action. In a disproportionate amount of cases of harassment, those individuals are women, LGBT individuals and people of color. These individuals find value in the service, but the problem is their attackers mean as much to Twitter as they do. The weapons to fight abuse must be kept locked up, for the good of the product. This tacit statement that profit comes before people has to stop.

- Ben Kuchera, "Twitter can fix its harassment problem, but why mess with success?" (via femfreq)

Awesome discussion about the potential and importance of gender and ethnic diversity! I agree on every point and it's an interesting read besides! ;)

Cute! And pretty deep too...

Allstate recognizing the struggle of living with yaoi hands

Seems like a worthwhile project. I'm definitely backing this one!

Imagined Realms: Book 1

I have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the first issue of Imagined Realms, an annual art publication featuring positive and diverse representations of women in fantasy and science fiction. Each book will feature 10 exclusive and new illustrations created by me specifically for the book.  

Available for purchase are the printed books, 6”x8” and 11”x14” print packs that have all 10 illustrations, limited edition fine art giclees, and a downloadable process video showing my digital painting method. 

Please check it out and spread the word! The more successful this first book is, the faster I can Book 2 completed. :) 

Here’s a video from our Internetting While Female panel with Carolyn Petit, Katherine Cross and I at GaymerX last week.