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https://elenarossini.com/2024/03/the-power-of-visibility-redux/

Two years ago, around the time my daughter turned one, I released a short film made in collaboration with Mimi Anagli: The Power of Visibility. In the 4 minute film, we argued that women working in film (directors, screenwriters, producers and cinematographers) are largely underrepresented and underestimated. Popular media outlets in 2022 still mostly celebrated male filmmakers. Why was this a problem? Women working in film – or aspiring to – have a hard time being taken seriously and getting funding for their projects.

We released the film at the end of January 2022, along with an op-ed in Women & Hollywood: “How the World’s Largest Search Engine Can Help Fix Hollywood’s Representation Problem”.

Mimi and I wrote:

Imagine this: you are a 14-year-old with a passion for movies and photography. Maybe one day you could make a career out of it, becoming a cinematographer. You are curious to see examples of notable people working in the industry. So you go on Google and search for “cinematographer.” At the top of the page you see a carousel of 51 Google cards with photos and names of famous directors of photography. Most of them are white. All of them are male, except for a few cards. As an African American girl, you implicitly get the message that maybe this field is not for you — nobody who looks like you appears in the results. If only you could have seen or read about Kira Kelly — the first Black woman invited to join the ASC in 2020, best known for her work on Ava DuVernay’s “13th” and HBO’s “Insecure.”

Watch our short film The Power of Visibility (running time: 4 minutes):

Rewind: my incredible visibility in Google search results (2019-2022)

Searching for “film director” and seeing which results pop up in Google Images is something I have been doing routinely for years.

Click here to read the full story

Heads up folks that the Backbone Campaign [backbonecampaign.org/] is having their monthly creative call online tonight Tuesday July 1st at 7PM CT. You can register to attend at backbonecampaign.org/creativea | Also, their Virtual Intro to Bannering Workshop is being repeated on Monday July 7th at 7PM CT. You can register to attend at backbonecampaign.org/onlineban

Backbone CampaignBackbone CampaignCheck out a sampling of recent Bold & Creative actions by Backbone Campaign and Solidarity Brigades. #Solidarity

#Meta’s #Threads app, part of the Fediverse, has introduced a dedicated feed of Fediverse posts, allowing users to follow and interact.

🌱 This move aims to address the #Fediverse’s slow #growth and lack of #visibility.

🪴 While the Fediverse remains a niche network, Threads’ integration offers a potential #catalyst for its growth, providing users with a reason to build and engage within the #openweb.

🌳 What do you think? 🤔

👉 platformer.news/threads-fedive #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

Platformer · The dream of the Fediverse is alive on ThreadsDecentralized media is off to an agonizingly slow start — but there are glimmers of progress

Ukrainian journals face immense challenges amid Russian military aggression, including the risk of losing archives, frequent power outages, cyberattacks, displacement of editorial teams, and appropriation of journal identities in occupied territories.

Our recent case-study examines how @DOAJ has supported 🇺🇦 academic #journals during the ongoing war, focusing on efforts to enhance their #visibility, publishing standards, and digital preservation.

🔗 doi.org/10.1629/uksg.689

New study: "unexpected preference for anonymity" in #charitable #giving intentions.
doi.org/10.1098/rsos.250290

In our literature review from 2011 in Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, doi.org/10.1177/08997640103809 Pamala Wiepking and I summarized the evidence as supporting a positive effect of #visibility of donors on #donations. More recent studies, however, have found mixed evidence, including no or even negative effects of donor visibility on donations.

"Boys Will Be Boys"

Wonder Bar (1934) starring Al Jolson, May Francis + Dolores Del Rio was a pre-code film released just before the Motion Picture Production Code censorship guidelines (known as the Hays Code) were adaped more rigorously. This scene in particular is often sited as an example of the 'Pansy Craze' - a term coined in 1994 - referring to a period in the late 1920s + early 30s when homosexual visibility in stage + film was increasing.

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Breathing in these #pollutants is linked to a range of adverse #health effects. For instance, long- & short-term exposure to particulate matter is associated w/ #HeartAttacks, #strokes, #asthma attacks & premature #death, according to the #EPA.

The program also aims to curb regional #haze, which forms when sunlight encounters tiny #pollution particles in the #air. Over the last several decades, regional haze has reduced #visibility at scenic viewpoints in #parks nationwide.

In today’s interconnected digital landscape, endpoint visibility is critical for maintaining a secure IT infrastructure. With the increasing number of devices accessing corporate networks — including laptops, mobile devices, IoT endpoints, and remote workstations — security teams must...

medium.com/@mrsno1special/best

# #interconnected #digital #endpoint #visibility #critical

Medium · Best Practices for Endpoint Visibility: Strengthening Network Security in a Digital WorldBy MrsNo1Special

"There is a technical story, of how #Bluesky and #ATProto do #composablemoderation for specific countries. But this is not just an interesting technology, it has implications of #government #censorship more broadly. Not only is #Turkey's censorship of accounts even easier to #sidestep, it also allows for new ways to highlight and create #visibility for the content that the Turkish government wants to be hidden.

…a closer look at how #moderation works on Bluesky."

fediversereport.com/bluesky-ce

fediversereport.com · Bluesky, censorship and country-based moderation
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