Archive for June, 2011

The Wednesday Geek Woman series is mostly on hiatus. Remaining WGW posts are appearing sporadically. This is a guest post by Shauna, a psychologist, programmer, writer and blogger. Lise Meitner was born into an affluent ...

You really need to go see this Hark, a vagrant comic about strong female characters. But wait! There’s more. The image above is just a teaser to get you to click. I’m pretty sure most ...

Color Lines gives us The Ultimate 21st Century People of Color Sci-Fi List It seems that when it comes to sci-fi, cultural experiences of the melanin-inclined are merely reserved for exotic backdrop (ahem, “Stargate”) and ...

Cross-posted in edited form from the Ada Initiative blog. The Ada Initiative, the non-profit Valerie Aurora and I have founded to increase women’s participation in open technology and culture, is fundraising right now with our ...

I’m going to admit, I haven’t played Mass Effect 2, but I’ve definitely been hearing good things about playing the main character as a woman. There’s lots of good reasons your leading lady may be ...

This is a guest post by Debbie Notkin. Debbie is, among other things, the chair of the James Tiptree Jr. Award motherboard. Wearing another hat, she blogs at Body Impolitic. Here’s the back story: The ...

Today’s open thread is brought to you by turtles. I feel the xkcd comic above is much funnier if you read it then watch this terribly educational video about turtles: Now that you know all ...

This won’t be news to anyone who’s read Women Don’t Ask, but it’s worth revisiting. There’s this thread going on Reddit entitled I work for a large multinational tech company, I regularly hire woman for ...

Talk on June 15 at Melbourne University: Dr Cathy Foley, 100 years later: has anything changed for women in science?: This talk will look at what is the status of women in science in Australia, ...

Valerie Aurora just tweeted: 30 minutes till I run #foocamp session “Defeating Sexism through Humor.” Suggestions? I suggested a few things to her including: Terri’s How does biology explain the low numbers of women in ...

There are a lot of covers are the mario bros theme, but Jimmy Wong’s version is especially cute and singable because it goes beyond the source to make something really fun: And as if the ...

Why White Men Should Refuse to Be on Panels of All White Men: If white, male elites started saying, I will not participate in your panel, event, or article if it is all about white ...

Jen from epbot (and Cake Wrecks fame) has a post up about this t-shirt… As a woman with a math degree, I know a whole lot more about math than the company making the shirt, ...