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[digital] xeno-racism — the new form of oppression that keeps me awake at night.

Xeno-racism is a form of racism. Xeno-racism is not only, “directed at those with darker skins, from the former colonial countries, but at the newer categories of the displaced and dispossessed whites … It is a racism that is meted out to impoverished strangers even if they are white” (Fekete…

Brexit

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[digital] xeno-racism — the new form of oppression that keeps me awake at night.
[digital] xeno-racism — the new form of oppression that keeps me awake at night.
Brexit

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Published in An Injustice!

·Oct 27, 2022

The Moral Panic of Digital Hysteria: What Happens When Sick Girls Become Visible Online

Why are #invisbleillnes communities accused of creating catastrophic internet-induced wave of mass anxiety — and whose anxiety are we talking about? — In September 2022, the Daily Mail published an article, “Addicted to being sad: Teenage girls with invisible illnesses — known as ‘Spoonies’ — post Tik Toks of themselves crying or in hospital to generate thousands of likes — as experts raise concerns over internet-induced wave of mass anxiety”.

Chronic Illness

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The Moral Panic of Digital Hysteria: What Happens When Sick Girls Become Visible Online
The Moral Panic of Digital Hysteria: What Happens When Sick Girls Become Visible Online
Chronic Illness

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Jun 25, 2021

workplace emotional abuse: my shock, shame, and silence.

Becoming a victim/survivor of work-related emotional abuse was a surprise to me. I was ill-equipped to truly notice any red flags. When it happened, I had no idea how to respond to it or how to recover from it. — Now, sometime after it happened, I’m trying to re-connected pieces of my pre-abused self, I decided to open up about my personal experience of being abused and humiliated — both emotioanlly and intelectually. This post is my first attempt to get my head around how it all happened. …

Mental Health

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workplace emotional abuse: my shock, shame, and silence.
workplace emotional abuse: my shock, shame, and silence.
Mental Health

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Jan 1, 2020

I miss you but I hate you, Facebook.

After nearly a decade of scrolling, sharing and liking, I decided to delete my Facebook account at the beginning of 2019. Although it felt quite liberating at first, my Facebook withdrawn syndromes have been complex. My current relationship with Facebook can be described as complicated. I miss you but I…

Social Media

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I miss you but I hate you, Facebook.
I miss you but I hate you, Facebook.
Social Media

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Jul 26, 2019

Radical long-distance nationalism: why so many Polish migrants choose to hate online?

There is a digital war within the Polish migrant community in Scotland. Our digital war is full of passion. We wave our digital flags, post memes, quote statistics, and share videos clips. We fight each others Polishness or lack of it. Some of us propose that those who are not…

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Radical long-distance nationalism: why so many Polish migrants choose to hate online?
Radical long-distance nationalism: why so many Polish migrants choose to hate online?

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Feb 25, 2019

Role-playing my misinformation trauma: here is what I’ve learned.

In 2018, misinformation was picked as word of the year by Dictionary.com. Misinformation is defined as “false information that is spread, regardless of whether there is intent to mislead” (dictionary.com, 2018). Of course, misinformation is not the only term that can be used to describe our information related confusion in…

Journalism

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Role-playing my misinformation trauma: here is what I’ve learned.
Role-playing my misinformation trauma: here is what I’ve learned.
Journalism

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Jan 3, 2019

Misinformation ruined my Polish Christmas.

Christmas is supposed to be loving and care-free family time. We are meant to be grateful for the time we spend together — gracefully dining around the table while laughing away our existential aches. Spiritually, Christmas is also meant to be a special time. …

Misinformation

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Misinformation ruined my Polish Christmas.
Misinformation ruined my Polish Christmas.
Misinformation

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Aug 20, 2018

Overthinking female chronic pain: how I’m playing the socially constructed role of a sensible endometriosis patient.

Chronic pain is boring. Nobody wants to constantly hear about the same thing over and over again. How can you re-tell the story of your uterus in both an exciting and convincing way? As a chronically ill female patient, is it your responsibility to share information efficiently — without sounding…

Endometriosis

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Overthinking female chronic pain: how I’m playing the socially constructed role of a sensible…
Overthinking female chronic pain: how I’m playing the socially constructed role of a sensible…
Endometriosis

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Alicja Pawluczuk

Alicja Pawluczuk

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Dr Alicja Pawluczuk (AKA hy_stera) writes about digital humanities, feminism, and social justice → www.alicjapawluczuk.com + www.hystera.online

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