Archive - October 23rd, 2014
“It’s not just bros and jocks and finance dudes and yuppies and Christians and Republicans who are…”
“”It’s not just bros and jocks and finance dudes and yuppies and Christians and Republicans who are shitty to women. Being part of a counter-cultural or progressive community does not give you a free pass to be shitty to women without being called out on it. We need to hold our own communities to an even higher standard than we hold those in the opposition, we need to welcome criticism, and we to realize that the ones who call out shitty behavior in these communities are not the threat, but that those who protect it and shield it from criticism are.””
– On sexism, sexual assault and the threat of the ‘non-bro’.
“It’s less about what you say directly and explicitly to employees that creates or destroys a…”
“”It’s less about what you say directly and explicitly to employees that creates or destroys a culture. It’s what they take from what you say. And I am not surprised that someone inside the company took Kalanick’s callous attitude towards female riders […] to mean that shocking level of exploitation and disrespect was appropriate — that it would even be celebrated by HQ.””
– The horrific trickle down of Asshole culture at a company like Uber.
“Gawker is rarely perfect, but it strives to be honest and fearless. For us to have apologized for a…”
“Gawker is rarely perfect, but it strives to be honest and fearless. For us to have apologized for a joke—to have even clarified—in the face of such breathtaking cynicism and dishonesty, from both “ad partners” and the enemies who leverage those brands’ fearfulness to silence opposing voices, feels like an utter abdication of those responsibilities. Frankly, that sucks. If anyone is owed an apology, it’s our readers. So: Sorry.”
