There are those, like me, who have opted to engage in some of the more male-dominated corners of the blogosphere, and there are others who have chosen to create more women-friendly spaces – virtual sanctuaries where women are free to debate their issues without having to worry about being shouted down by men, and where any would-be trolls and harassers are swiftly and mercilessly dealt with.
If SeaWorld had business savvy or common sense, it would modernize its business with coastal sanctuaries and virtual reality displays instead of building more roller coasters and dolphin prisons.
While researching the plight of 40,000 indigenous people in Gujarat who found themselves virtual prisoners in a wildlife sanctuary designed for animals rather than people.
There are currently 360-degree, virtual reality images of five sanctuaries available: the ship graveyard of Thunder Bay in Lake Huron, the Florida Keys, Gray's Reef in Georgia, Flower Garden Banks in the Gulf of Mexico, and the coral reefs around American Samoa.
All of them were seeking sanctuary in the dehumanised virtual world, as Rinat does when she's playing her Carmen.
Outside of Pakistan, Marja, a town of about 80,000 residents, stands as the Taliban's largest sanctuary, until now a virtual no-go zone for American, British and Afghan troops.
The virtual dive galleries let us bring sanctuaries to the public.
For those who have found refuge and sanctuary in video games (in virtual worlds that are ruled through fairness and justice, in which everyone can succeed if they follow the rules), the fear is that criticism is the first step toward censorship.
Sanctuary was mostly filmed on virtual green screen sets.
Virtual dives for Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale sanctuary and Monterey Bay are among those currently in the works.
