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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Business Insider‏Verified account @businessinsider 20 Mar 2015

      This image shows why women have so many clothes http://read.bi/1xmbTo8 pic.twitter.com/YkrVnr99HZ

      14 replies 32 retweets 29 likes
    2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Mar 2015
      Replying to @businessinsider

      .@businessinsider It’s about how stupid/harmful slut shaming & victim blaming are—not an illustration for why “women have so many clothes!”

      1 reply 2 retweets 16 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Mar 2015

      How fucking clueless are you, @businessinsider, to publish this article based on this photo? http://read.bi/1xmbTo8 pic.twitter.com/TsJjlJgcQh

      7:24 AM - 20 Mar 2015
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        2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Mar 2015
          Replying to @aral

          The real problem here isn’t that (yet another) “mistake” has been made — this is about institutional sexism. See:http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/09/10/pax_dickinson_business_insider_cto_forced_out_for_sexist_racist_tweets.html …

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Mar 2015
          Replying to @aral

          Note the bit that reads “It’s less clear why Business Insider … took so long to catch on.” Not hard to understand if it’s *systemic*.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        4. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Mar 2015
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          It’s time we stopped attributing to incompetence what can be adequately explained by privilege.

          2 replies 12 retweets 20 likes
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        2. Max Seelemann‏ @macguru17 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral @businessinsider WTF.

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        3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 20 Mar 2015
          Replying to @macguru17

          @macguru17 Fucking idiots, that’s what. They’ll probably “apologise” for the “mistake” soon & we’ll all move on… +@businessinsider

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        1. Chris Owen‏ @wonky_donky 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral unbefuckinglieveable.

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        1. Sarah Raad‏ @tentspitch 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral @businessinsider whole article totally patronising to women, you should be embarrassed @businessinsider

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        1. Sarah Raad‏ @tentspitch 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral @businessinsider totally clueless! Disappointing really.

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        1. Let's Talk Video‏ @LetsTalkVidPro 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral @businessinsider gross gross gross

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        1. Tessa Kersten‏ @TniTessa 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral @businessinsider But wtf is it then a sensible solution to have a big wardrobe. Oh and you unfortunate women with small wallets.. 2/2

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        1. selen...‏ @radio_gnome_ 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral @businessinsider Poor business news people thought it was sociological when saw the author Lisa Wade is "sociology professor". Duh...

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        1.  📉  🔄  🌱  🥄‏ @costrike 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral Even worse, these posts were paired in their stream. Uplift with one, tear down with the next.pic.twitter.com/6TPF3azSlZ

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        1. Gammon feel the noize‏ @lowerformofwit 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral even more perplexing is that the writer is a sociology professor and a woman

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        1. Tessa Kersten‏ @TniTessa 20 Mar 2015
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          @aral @businessinsider it starts w. understanding women face many labels - so far so good. 1/2

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