Archive for May, 2010

Both rounds of “Ask a Geek Feminist” so far have contained some variant of “why are there so few women in computer science or software development, should we fix this, and how should we fix ...

Welcome to round 2 of Ask a Geek Feminist! How it works: if you’ve got a question you think a geek feminist could answer, post a comment in reply to this post. (Comments will not ...

Valerie Aurora responds to Holla Back concerns: On the one hand, this is great news! If people are afraid of being falsely accused of street harassment, then they think it’s a bad thing. This certainly ...

We had a series of posts a few weeks ago about Facebook’s failings in the realm of user privacy. Our posts (and your trackbacks and retweets) were but a few in a sea of outspoken ...

Spoiler warning: the last part of this spam spoils a scene in a very recent Doctor Who. There thus might be spoilers in our comments too. Two-wheel triumph: Armed with a netbook, medical supplies and ...

Code like a girl by xeeliz. by xeeliz. Many geeky women are pretty excited about the two “heroine” T’s that Thinkgeek is offering: Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie are currently featured. I’m a big fan ...

When I sold my car and started walking and using public transit, I discovered a whole new wonderful world of sexual harassment. In general, I can’t travel more than a mile without at least one ...