DJ’s choice is a weekly section by GenderIT.org, exploring the depths of the web to provide you once a week with a top 5 of creative, interesting and informative pieces and resources on gender and ICTs. Delight yourself with this selection of “sparks”: Good readings, interesting links, videos, pictures, cool authors to point to, amazing tools, and much more. Send us interesting material to genderit at apcwomen.org or tweet us your links using #genderit.
Argentine judges dismiss rape of 6-year-old because child Is ‘gay’
Ridiculous? Two justices in Argentina gave a pedophile a severely reduced sentence because his 6-year-old victim had been previously abused and seemed ‘gay. More >
Source: The Daily Beast, Nina Strochlic
In case you’ve missed it, check out the Makers team new femojis, see any familiar faces? More >
Source: Makers.com
After Ireland’s gay marriage vote, 3 happy couples have already popped the question
In a historic event, Ireland legalized gay marriage by popular vote, after a referendum on the issue was met with a resounding ‘Yes.’ More >
Source: Bustle, Kirsten O’Regan
Being a butch woman around men sure would be a lot easier without the patriarchy
Check out this cool comic about being a butch woman around men. “You’re basically a guy right?” More >
Source: Everyday Feminism, Anna Bongiovanni
The Apple Watch is surprisingly great for women
“My company bought all its employees an Apple Watch, so here I am with one. And unexpectedly, I’m loving it — mostly because I think it’s a device that’s really great for women.” More >
Source: BuzzFeed, Annie-Rose Strasser
This is it from GenderIT.org DJ for this week! Enjoy it, share it, dig into it. Feedback is always welcome. Send us interesting material to genderit at apcwomen.org or tweet us your links using #genderit
GenderIT.org, Women’s Rights Programme, Association for Progressive Communications (APC), May 25th 2015
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