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Help Newtown Families

Posted on December 19, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Are you here because of the faux “mommy war” between me and Liza Long? Thank you for dropping by. While you’re here, please consider making a donation to one of the following charities dedicated to helping the people of Newtown. … Continue reading →

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A Joint Statement From Sarah and Liza

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

We would like to release a public statement on the need for a respectful national conversation on mental health. Whatever disagreements we have had, we both believe that the stigma attached to mental illness needs to end. We need to … Continue reading →

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A brief response on Liza Long

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I have received many angry comments about my blog post on Liza Long. I would like to clarify a few matters. Some people have written that I must have criticized Long because I am not a parent. In fact, it … Continue reading →

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Want the Truth Behind “I Am Adam Lanza’s Mother”? Read her blog.

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Update: My op-ed on why we need to respect the online privacy of children in Al Jazeera Update: Quit gawking and do something useful — donate to a Newtown charity Update: Please see my joint statement with Liza Long. We … Continue reading →

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What’s wrong with civil society

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

For Foreign Policy, I write about a subject that has been bothering me for ages – the inappropriate and harmful use of the term “civil society” when discussing policy in authoritarian states. I spoke briefly about this at the Registan … Continue reading →

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Threats to Online Privacy

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I have a new article for Al Jazeera on threats to email privacy. (OK, it is not really that new, but I’ve been too busy arguing with the daughter of Uzbekistan’s dictator to update my website – read about it … Continue reading →

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More on the Internet Governance Forum

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I wrote another article about the Internet Governance Forum in Baku, this time for Radio Free Europe. I argue that it’s beneficial to hold policy forums like IGF in authoritarian states: Meetings like the IGF should be held in countries … Continue reading →

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Back from Baku

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I have returned from Azerbaijan, where I attended the Internet Governance Forum as part of the Freedom House delegation. As the Azerbaijani state security services can likely attest, I had an awesome time, and hopefully I will be back there … Continue reading →

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The Meme Election

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

For Al Jazeera, I wrote about the “meme election” and how the focus on internet memes masks broader political issues: Memes are defined as units of culture which spread virally through commentary, imitations and parody. As Hess noted, they are “crowd-sourced” – but … Continue reading →

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Heading to Baku

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

It has been a busy October – this month I spoke at the Registan conference in DC, the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, and the Central Eurasian Studies Society conference in Indiana, and next week I’m off to Azerbaijan for … Continue reading →

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