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Same Shit, Different Life

kelly| June 9, 2008 2:18 pm

The latest Bitch magazine has a fem slanted second life article, that examines, among other things the burgeoning SL sex trade: “Same Shit, Different Life—Second Life may be an online utopia, but its social politics look awfully familiar. ”

Unfortunately the text is not available online but its worth a quick read in the store at least.

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saudi woman killed for chatting on facebook

kelly| April 8, 2008 2:03 pm

A young Saudi Arabian woman was murdered by her father for chatting on the social network site Facebook, it has emerged.

The unnamed woman from Riyadh was beaten and shot after she was discovered in the middle of an online conversation with a man, the al-Arabiya website reported.

The case was reported on a Saudi Arabian news site as an example of the “strife” the social networking site is causing in the Islamic nation.  link

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