Archive for April, 2010

Just a quick note on the Ask a Geek Feminist series, since people are asking. We’re nearly done with the first round: there’s just one more question I want to try and answer myself. The ...

I’m not really in to SciFi or Fantasy fandom like some of my c0-bloggers; the ones that are though are really quite busy at the moment. This will hence be brief because I don’t know ...

From the casual stereotyping department comes Puzzlebots. First off, I want to make it clear that this particular game is not unique in this regard at all. It’s just a convenient example that I came ...

Last year I got some buttons made, and they were a hoot: In anticipation of WisCon, I’m making a bunch more geekfeminism.org buttons.  So far I have: Code is a feminist issue (from this comment) ...

Jacinta Reid is a solo mother to three awesome daughters. She is also a sci-fi enthusiast, multi-blogger, re-enactor, open source acolyte, pedant, illustrator, and impending IT professional. Jacinta is about to complete a bachelors degree ...

GenCon has some programing for non-gamers who might be attending the con with their spouse. Sounds like a good idea, for those who want to travel together but don’t all want to attend the con. ...

In an older post I just came across over at The Sexist, there’s a great discussion about the idea of “having a thick skin” in the context of male-dominated workplaces as well as street harassment.  ...