Archive for July, 2010
2010.07.27 If you were hacking since age 8, it means you were privileged. (153)
This post was originally published at Restructure! Often, computer geeks who started programming at a young age brag about it, as it is a source of geeky prestige. However, most computer geeks are oblivious to ...
Full Story »2010.07.25 Two linkspams, who talk to each other, about something other than a man (26th July, 2010) (13)
My Fault, I’m Female is collecting short personal stories of experiences of sexism. The Westboro Baptist Church (famously and aggressively homophobic) protested at Comic-Con for “worship of false idols”. Comics Alliance reports on the cosplay ...
Full Story »2010.07.23 Open thread: not very lady-like after all (31)
In one of my posts, thewhatifgirl said: I’ve always wanted to take up embroidery (I impulse buy anything embroidered anyway, might as well learn to do it myself!) but always been repulsed by the subject ...
Full Story »2010.07.23 Geeky. Black. Female. Android. (4)
This is cross-posted at Restructure! In the futuristic city of Metropolis, Cindi Mayweather, a.k.a. Android # 57821, falls in love with a human named Anthony Greendown. As a result, the Star Commission schedules for her ...
Full Story »2010.07.20 A long time ago in a linkspam far, far away… (20th July, 2010) (2)
The Sims Just Did This Totally Racist Thing: In the newest town, there is a black family with a single mom of two sons who has worked her way up by being a cook… I’d ...
Full Story »2010.07.19 Geek men’s appearance, and related issues (37)
These are Ask a Geek Feminist questions, to the best of my knowledge this concludes posts answering questions from rounds 1 and 2. Round 3 will be in a few months. We got a couple ...
Full Story »2010.07.16 Quick hit: FSF Women’s Caucus recommendations (5)
The Free Software Foundations Women’s Caucus grew out of the September 2009 FSF mini-summit on women in Free Software. The Caucus has now released their initial findings and recommendations, here’s an excerpt: We identified a ...
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