Comments on: Link roundup to watch out for (13th October, 2009) http://geekfeminism.org/2009/10/12/link-roundup-to-watch-out-for-13th-october-2009/ Women, feminism, and geek culture Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:29:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: were_duck http://geekfeminism.org/2009/10/12/link-roundup-to-watch-out-for-13th-october-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1830 were_duck Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:57:15 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=1332#comment-1830 This post has been added to a <a href="http://access-fandom.dreamwidth.org/2742.html" rel="nofollow">link roundup</a>. Thank you! This post has been added to a link roundup. Thank you!

]]> By: Audrey Eschright http://geekfeminism.org/2009/10/12/link-roundup-to-watch-out-for-13th-october-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1798 Audrey Eschright Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:28:19 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=1332#comment-1798 This discussion of claims that SF is being feminized (in some horrible and insidious way) reminds me of conversations about the impact of having more women in open source: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the-war-on-critical-thinking-and-evolving-social-mores/ This discussion of claims that SF is being feminized (in some horrible and insidious way) reminds me of conversations about the impact of having more women in open source: http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/index.php/weblog/comments/the-war-on-critical-thinking-and-evolving-social-mores/

]]> By: jenred http://geekfeminism.org/2009/10/12/link-roundup-to-watch-out-for-13th-october-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1797 jenred Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:39:37 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=1332#comment-1797 Thank you to all the women/men of Geek Feminism and all the other women and men working to make FOSS/OSS/tech/geek communities more diverse and welcoming to everyone. You are all very brave, and I personally believe -- thanks to your efforts -- the current system of institutionalized anti-social and anti-welcoming behavior is starting to change. Thank you to all the women/men of Geek Feminism and all the other women and men working to make FOSS/OSS/tech/geek communities more diverse and welcoming to everyone. You are all very brave, and I personally believe — thanks to your efforts — the current system of institutionalized anti-social and anti-welcoming behavior is starting to change.

]]> By: Sasha_feather http://geekfeminism.org/2009/10/12/link-roundup-to-watch-out-for-13th-october-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 Sasha_feather Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:25:56 +0000 http://geekfeminism.org/?p=1332#comment-1795 Thanks for linking about the ableist language discussion! Here's another link you might be interested in: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/10/12/women-gays-apparently-ruining-sci-fi-for-the-rest-of-us Thanks for linking about the ableist language discussion!

Here’s another link you might be interested in:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/10/12/women-gays-apparently-ruining-sci-fi-for-the-rest-of-us

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