Archive for January, 2010

Felicia Day is not pleased with Vanity Fair‘s condescending portrayal of herself and other female social media entrepreneurs. Role Models and Stereotypes: discussing the comparative helpfulness in attracting women to a field of both questioning ...

It’s that time of the fortnight again: The 11th Carnival of Feminists – Global Edition! is live. The next carnival is on January 20, and accepting submissions of new feminist posts. A Softer World: 518: ...

Ever notice how sites like ThinkGeek tend to have more tech shirts for guys and more geek subculture stuff for women? Take a look around a bit, I’ll wait. Back? OK. So I think what ...

We’ve been saying for a while that we ought to do something like this, so here’s a first attempt. I frequently get email from people who say that they’re trying to recruit women for events, ...

Language Log explores gender bias in the order of English binomial expressions through statistical analysis of four text corpus sources Ceci n’est pas une excuse: Mel looks at privilege as a game with unfair weightings, ...

Inspired by a post of lauredhel’s asking for recent movies that pass the Bechdel test, I wondered if anyone has some recommendations for good recent geeky entertainment that also passes, ideally comprehensively rather than barely. ...

Scientific American claims, “Gal Gamers Geekier Than Guys.” In particular, the study found that the people who were playing the most everquest were older women, not the stereotypical teenaged boy. They claim that “when it ...