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J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted."

Postmodernism is an academic theory, originating in academia with an academic elite, not in the world of women and men, where feminist theory is rooted.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism."

Feminism, Socialism, and Communism are one in the same, and Socialist/Communist government is the goal of feminism.




J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan."

In modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down."

It's mainly a few elite women who benefit greatly from standing with the forces that keep women down.




J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men."

Feminism is built on believing women's accounts of sexual use and abuse by men.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Sexuality is to feminism what work is to Marxism."

Sexuality is to feminism what work is to Marxism.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Men, permitted to put words (and other things) in women's mouths, create scenes in which women desperately want to be bound, battered, tortured, humiliated, and killed."

Men, permitted to put words (and other things) in women's mouths, create scenes in which women desperately want to be bound, battered, tortured, humiliated, and killed.




J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "So the idea that there is nothing essential, in the sense that there are no human universals, is dogma. Ask most anyone who is going to be shot at dawn."

So the idea that there is nothing essential, in the sense that there are no human universals, is dogma. Ask most anyone who is going to be shot at dawn.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "You grow up with your father holding you down and covering your mouth so another man can make a horrible searing pain between your legs."

You grow up with your father holding you down and covering your mouth so another man can make a horrible searing pain between your legs.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "The arena of logic was made by men for men; it was expressly founded on the exclusion of what is not male, as well as what is not Greek, not Christian, nor Western, not Aryan."

The arena of logic was made by men for men; it was expressly founded on the exclusion of what is not male, as well as what is not Greek, not Christian, nor Western, not Aryan.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense."

What postmodernism gives us instead is a multicultural defense for male violence - a defense for it wherever it is, which in effect is a pretty universal defense.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?"

Can postmodernism hold the perpetrators of genocide accountable?




J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color."

In not having an appointment at Harvard, I'm in the company of a great many people whose work I admire tremendously, in particular women of color.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented and demonized."

Instead of being lionized and admired for her genius, instead of being able to earn a decent living as a writer, Andrea Dworkin was misrepresented and demonized.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you."

It's particularly hard to take being stabbed in the back close to home. There's always a feeling of betrayal when people of your own group oppose you.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "People can find eroticism in relations with people whom they respect and whom they see as equals."

People can find eroticism in relations with people whom they respect and whom they see as equals.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power."

The Internet is an empowering force for people who are protesting against the abuse of power.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us."

The only legitimate purpose of government is to serve citizens, and ... the only legitimate purpose of technology is to improve our lives, not to manipulate or enslave us.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "An individual's treatment and alternatives in life may depend as much on the reputation of the group to which that person belongs as on their own merit."

An individual's treatment and alternatives in life may depend as much on the reputation of the group to which that person belongs as on their own merit.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Law in the United States is at once a powerful medium and a medium for power."

Law in the United States is at once a powerful medium and a medium for power.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "The creative person prefers the richness of the disordered to the stark barrenness of the simple."

The creative person prefers the richness of the disordered to the stark barrenness of the simple.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: ". . . personal soundness is not an absence of problems but a way of reacting to them."

. . . personal soundness is not an absence of problems but a way of reacting to them.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables."

In a society in which equality is a fact, not merely a word, words of racial or sexual assault and humiliation will be nonsense syllables.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status."

To be a prisoner means to be defined as a member of a group for whom the rules of what can be done to you, of what is seen as abuse of you, are reduced as part of the definition of your status.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Human beings are the center of the universe from only one perspective, and that is our own."

Human beings are the center of the universe from only one perspective, and that is our own.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Nature is not a temple, but a ruin. A beautiful ruin, but a ruin all the same."

Nature is not a temple, but a ruin. A beautiful ruin, but a ruin all the same.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power."

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda."

Increasingly, people have very little tolerance for anything that smacks of propaganda.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around."

Each and every one of us has a vital part to play in building the kind of world in which government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent."

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Shibuya is a trendy part of Tokyo where young people come to meet and have a good time."

Shibuya is a trendy part of Tokyo where young people come to meet and have a good time.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order."

The Patriot Act, passed overwhelmingly but hastily after 9/11, allows the FBI to obtain telecommunication, financial, and credit records without a court order.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility."

We have to start thinking of ourselves as citizens of the Internet, not just passive users. I don’t see how we can bring about change in our digital lives if we don’t take responsibility.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model."

Microsoft, Yahoo and others are helping to institutionalize and legitimize the integration of censorship into the global IT business model.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is really kind of up in the air."

We’re at a point in history that whether the Internet is going to evolve in a way that’s compatible with democracy and human rights is really kind of up in the air.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Distance is the Enemy of Awareness."

Distance is the Enemy of Awareness.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "In my opinion, no feminism worthy of the name is not methodologically post-marxist."

In my opinion, no feminism worthy of the name is not methodologically post-marxist.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so."

Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "To be rapable, a position that is social not biological, defines what a woman is."

To be rapable, a position that is social not biological, defines what a woman is.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable."

There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness."

There is respect for law, and then there is complicity in lawlessness.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "I always say to my students that being a scientist is like being an explorer, and I really mean that because, in a sense, I think in science we explore the world, the universe around us."

I always say to my students that being a scientist is like being an explorer, and I really mean that because, in a sense, I think in science we explore the world, the universe around us.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with liberty, they ultimately depend on it."

We must all rise to the challenge to demonstrate that security and prosperity in the Internet age are not only compatible with liberty, they ultimately depend on it.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib."

Whether or not Americans supported George W. Bush, they could not avoid learning about Abu Ghraib.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build a positive world in the online space, and that's also very important."

Over time, if you want rights, you have to also show that you can use them responsibly and that you can build a positive world in the online space, and that's also very important.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'"

Every year in China, Internet executives are officially rewarded for their 'patriotism.'



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal."

To have a .cn domain, you have to be a registered business. You have to prove your site is legal.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not try to patent or charge fees for the use of his technology."

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the computer code that led to the creation of the World Wide Web in 1990, he did not try to patent or charge fees for the use of his technology.



J. B. MacKinnon Quotes: "Each of us has a vital role to play in building a world in which the government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around."

Each of us has a vital role to play in building a world in which the government and technology serve the world's people and not the other way around.