[Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom

[Ellis Godard]

I "get" giving a voice to a gender he's trampled.
I don't buy that the author's gender matters in doing that.
-eg

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Dittrich [mailto:dittrich at u.washington.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 12:36 PM
> To: Godard, Ellis
> Cc: 'live'; 'AoIR-L Aoir'; 'Gabriella Coleman'
> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom
> 
> You have to know his persona prior to his name change to "Dotcom"
> (legally changed his last name from "Schmitz" around 2002 after being
> sentenced in Germany for financial crimes and left the country.) He
> also went by the handle "Kimble". He was widely seen at the time as a
> womanizer, a party fiend, and a scam artist.
> 
> http://attrition.org/errata/charlatan/kimble/
> 
> I'm not judging, btw. Just giving my insight from the past. But it
> might help make more sense. :)
> 
> Dave
> 
> On 3/14/13 12:09 PM, Ellis Godard wrote:
> > Or offensive, sexist, and absurd?
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-
> >> bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of live
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:25 AM
> >> To: AoIR-L Aoir
> >> Cc: Gabriella Coleman
> >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Contribution about Kim DotCom
> >>
> >>> Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK:
> >>> http://www.mumok.at/about-mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic
> writer
> >>
> >> Specifically female? Am I the only one who found this interesting
> and
> >> amusing?
> >>
> >> -Sharon
> >> @SharonG
> >>
> >> On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Gabriella Coleman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> Just passing this along for someone not on this list. Please
> contact
> >> Simon Denny if you are interested:
> >>>
> >>> Simon Denny <sden023 at gmail.com>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Museum of Modern Art Vienna (MUMOK: http://www.mumok.at/about-
> >> mumok/?L=1) seeks a female academic writer with a background in
> >> digital media, copyright, privacy and law to contribute to a
> critical
> >> publication examining the role of German born, New Zealand resident
> >> entrepreneur Kim Dotcom in international debates. Publication will
> >> accompany an exhibition entitled "The Personal Effects of Kim
> Dotcom"
> >> by prominent contemporary artist Simon Denny
> (http://www.kunstverein-
> >> muenchen.de/en/simondenny), which will present in the Museum a
> >> collection of objects representing those confiscated off Dotcom by
> >> New Zealand Police in a raid on his house in January 2012.
> >>> 25,000 characters, EUR1000.00, Due date: 01 July 2013.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
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> >> Art
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