Last weekend over 25,000 fans and creators of online video gathered in Anaheim, California for the seventh annual VidCon. I attended on behalf of Uplift, a nonprofit dedicating to combatting sexual violence in online communities through education and advocacy. Many people…

In June, Uplift launched Elephant at the Con, a campaign dedicated to shining a light on convention safety issues by collecting attendee stories and quantitative data on harassment, identity, and other con safety issues. This is the second in a series of posts…

Last weekend was the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in New York a tech conference for Queer Women featuring badass speakers like Megan Smith (CTO of the United States) and Tania Katan (Creator of #ItWasNeverADress). Saturday’s schedule…

Vine was an immensely popular app for six second looped videos launched in 2013 by Twitter. By May 2015, 100 million people were watching Vines every month. Some members of that community built intensely meaningful personal…

In June, Uplift launched Elephant at the Con, a campaign dedicated to shining a light on convention safety issues by collecting attendee stories and quantitative data on harassment, identity, and other con safety issues. This is the third in a series of posts highlighting…