Archive for March, 2010

We’ve talked about Google Summer of Code a few times already this week (see some projects who want our readers to apply, and Terri’s tips on making your application great). Applications are now open and ...

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our commenters. What interventions do you recommend pro-feminist male geeks make in their workplaces? If you could get the guy geeks on your side to agitate ...

Like a lot of people, I think, I became an instant convert to the cult of Sady when I read her 13 Ways of Looking at Liz Lemon last week. I’m a big 30 Rock ...

This post is following on from Melissa’s post, and particularly inspired by a comment in moderation, which I am not sure whether she will approve or not, which defends “hardcore geeks” (presumed to never be ...

There’s a trend in geekdoms whereby after some visibility-enhancing event or incident some dudes notice that there are women participating in their geekdom (liek omg rly?!). With best intents and all, these dudes go off ...

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our commenters. In my day job, I’m the teacher librarian at an independent (private) high school in the Midwest. I’m a geek myself, but more along ...

Anita Sarkeesian over at Feminist Frequency just posted a vid critiquing the gender imbalance in video games, to the Flight of the Conchords song “Too Many Dicks on the Dance Floor”. It’s inspired by sloanesomething’s ...

Although we’re not as bad as the San Franciscans, Sydneysiders (myself and Melissa) comprise a disproportionate slice of the Geek Feminist Hive Vagina. But as powerful as we are, we can only become more powerful ...

Today’s Open Thread is hosted by the newly named baby elephant from Taronga Zoo: Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Frank Sartor, today announced that Taronga’s new elephant calf will be named Pathi Harn ...

Some of you may have heard the story: When the GNOME folk looked through their summer of code applicants back in 2006, they had 181 applicants… and not a single woman. They decided to do ...

I’ve seen a couple of ways of observing Ada Lovelace Day that seem to be missing the point a little. Here’s what it would be great if Ada Lovelace Day ended with: the end of ...

Clara Raubertas has a wrap-up of the women-in-Free-Software focussed talks and events at the Free Software Foundation’s LibrePlanet 2010. Richie is highly critical of an look-a-unicorn-in-wargaming entry at Bell of Lost Souls and goes on ...

Here at geekfeminism.org we admire many women within the Technology and Science fields. We’ve gathered some short tributes to the women who inspire us: Melissa: On a warm spring night in 2002 Bali was rocked ...

Student applications for Google Summer of Code are opening March 29. Google Summer of Code — yes, bad name for anyone in the southern hemisphere, but you are allowed to apply! — is a project sponsoring Open Source development ...

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our commenters. This questioner asked us not to quote the exact context, but was involved in one of those scenarios where a woman got involved in ...

The first post I made on geekfeminism.org mentioned that Ada Lovelace Day was approaching. That day, March 24th, is now merely hours away. Celebrated for the first time last year, Ada Lovelace Day is a ...