Comments on: Pink sparkly linkspam (November 16th, 2009)

By: Leigh Honeywell

Leigh Honeywell — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:56 +0000

added to the next linkspam, thanks!

By: Brinstar

Brinstar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:50:17 +0000

A couple of my gamer friends have linked the following:

A post discussing how playing a female character in Dragon Age: Origins is distinct from playing a male character: http://melindabardon.com/?p=51

By: koipond

koipond — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:59:44 +0000

Gotta have the alliteration.

By: From comments: FoolishOwl on those pesky distractions | Geek Feminism Blog

From comments: FoolishOwl on those pesky distractions | Geek Feminism Blog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:14:40 +0000

[...] commented: I looked at Gail Carmichael’s blog post, “Quick Thoughts on Pregnancy and Grad School,” and [...]

By: Leigh Honeywell

Leigh Honeywell — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:35:23 +0000

I don’t think it’s a 101 question at all, but sadly nor do I have an answer to it. Your comment immediately brought to mind Paul Graham’s essay “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule” from a few weeks back.

I’d love to read a further essay – Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule, Mother’s Schedule. But I’m not the one to write it. And really, it should be Parent’s Schedule – but that lacks in alliteration :)

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:32:29 +0000

FoolishOwl’s question has now formed the basis of a post: http://geekfeminism.org/2009/11/17/from-comments-foolishowl-on-those-pesky-distractions/ so if you want to comment head on over.

By: Leigh Honeywell

Leigh Honeywell — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:30:38 +0000

so much <3 for grace :)

By: FoolishOwl

FoolishOwl — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:04:33 +0000

I looked at Gail Carmichael’s blog post, “Quick Thoughts on Pregnancy and Grad School,” and was immediately struck by how the women commenting on it were in general agreement, based on careful thought about the optimal moment to have children. It struck me by contrast with some “how to be a good programmer” essays I’d read lately, written by men, which emphasized the importance of discipline and concentration on programming, and eliminating all distractions from one’s life.

It’s striking me that the emphasis on monomaniacal concentration only works on an implicit assumption of privilege — that important matters other than programming will be handled by someone else.

I find it all too easy to lapse into such an attitude.

At the risk of asking a Feminism 101 question, what’s a better way to balance these things?

By: koipond

koipond — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:42:08 +0000

Grace would say that reading comments is probably not a good idea.

By: Asad

Asad — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:15:59 +0000

I dunno if this has been covered here yet but here is a Google cache of a rather SurveyFailish survey, hmm, eh? Get it while it's cached, as the original has been obliterated. I'm guessing that we should be expecting Rule 34 on the shelves any month now, give or take a year or three.