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Intelligence Squared Debate: Men Are Finished

Submitted by tangs on October 2, 2011 - 11:39am
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Intelligence Squared is a program that arranges Oxford-style debates on a wide range of timely and provocative topics. For this debate, the proposition is MEN ARE FINISHED:

In a modern, post-industrial economy that seems better suited to women than men, many are wondering if men have been permanently left behind. Education and employment statistics point to a clear and growing dominance in women’s status at home and in the workplace. Are men primed for a comeback or have the old rules changed for good? (Media links after the jump.)

Johanna Blakley: Social Media and the End of Gender

Submitted by yamins on February 10, 2011 - 4:54pm
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Another great TED talk. Johanna Blakely of the Norman Lear Center (a media-focused think tank at the University of Southern California) talks about how social media helps us "escape our demographic boxes" by making our age, income, and race harder to determine, while simultaneously offering more pointed information about our interests and likes. She goes on to talk about how women are the highest users of social media and what that could mean for the future.

http://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_blakley_social_media_and_the_end_of_gen...

NLRB: Facebook Firing Verboten

Submitted by Anonymous on November 9, 2010 - 9:50am
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The National Labor Relations Board says a company rule prohibiting "employees from depicting the company “in any way” on Facebook or other social media sites in which they post pictures of themselves" is overbroad. The NLRB has filed a complaint against American Medical Response of Connecticut for firing an EMT for criticizing her boss on facebook. More at the New York Times.

The Social Network - Where Women Never Have Ideas

Submitted by Anonymous on October 4, 2010 - 5:43pm
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An interesting article remarking on the sadly unrealistic, and misogynistic, view of women and minorities in the newest box office hit. Original article link is at the bottom.

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