Rebecca MacKinnon Talk at TED Global

It is true that the more freedom you think you have the more the powers that be want to take it away. For your own good of course. To protect you.

So they say.

There are voices that state otherwise; this is one of them in an excellent talk at the 2011 TED Global Conference in Edinburgh, Scottland.



There are voices that state otherwise; this is Rebecca MacKinnon in an excellent talk at the 2011 TED Global Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. Rebecca a co-founder of Global Voices and is the author of Consent of the Networked, to be published in January 2012 by Basic Books

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NY State Senator Diane Savino on Gay Marriage Bill

A politician is a speaker of agendas. That is why they are elected; because the politician resonates with their constituents on a number of issues. Or not. We rarely get to hear full sentences or expanded comments unless we are watching the feed from C-Span or local government.



In December of 2009 New York Senator Diane Savino spoke about the gay marriage bill for New York state. I'm posting this because we need to see examples of women speaking on an issue of the day where they have an elected voice in the process.

This is her comments about the bill.

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Cat Lainé Talks About AIDG

It is not the time to be dormant. Perhaps we should expand from not just women creating videos but women using or appearing in videos to communicate to the broader world. This is Cat Lainé.



From the web site:

The Appropriate Infrastructure Development Group (AIDG) helps individuals and communities get affordable and environmentally sound access to electricity, sanitation and clean water. Through a combination of business incubation, education, and outreach, we help people get technology that will better their health and improve their lives.

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Fannie Lou Hamer - PSA Project

This is a examples of how women can do their own advocacy PSA about issues that they care about. This my example of taking the words of hate and having a historical figure refute them. This is the magnificent Fannie Lou Hamer.



So this is a topic area that I identified as a need that can be addressed. We don't have to wait for M$M to get it cuz it brings them no profit to do so. Where I live they no longer show PSAs on commercial television unless the show is so bad that they can't get advertising for it.

The tools are simple. Audio, photo animation program that could be built in your video editing program and text. We have the power, let the change come forth.

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The Art of Foodblogging - A Discussion of Ethics

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This is a clip of a discussion that took place at BlogHer 2007 about the ethics of foodblogging, how some folks need an ethical reality check on their actions; how hard it is to earn a living being a chef and how bloggers can help or hurt a tough situation.

Sitting on the steps of life when I'm not running all over the joint Gena's Out On the Stoop

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You Tube Debate Response

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A question of ours was included in the Dem You Tube Debate on Monday. Since we didn't get all that many clear answers, here are our thoughts on the debate itself.