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 about turtles… it’s time for an open thread! We have these every few weeks so that people can comment on older posts, make suggestions, and talk about feminist stuff. Nothing is off-topic for this post as long as you fit within our comment guidelines. Have fun!
(PS – That’s a tortoise.)
TURTLES! errr…. TORTOISES! And MUSHROOMS! Could it get any better?
Anyway, I happened across a link about sexism in games promotion (prompted specifically by the release of Duke Nukem Forever), and thought it might be of interest to the gamer geeks here: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/06/no-girls-allowed-keep-out/
There’s been a recent surge in programming outreach events for women that GeekFeminism readers might be interested in, including the Boston Python Workshop (http://openhatch.org/wiki/Boston_Python_Workshop), PyLadies (http://pyladies.com/), and PyStar (http://pystar.org/).
The Boston Python Workshop summarizes what they’ve learned about running Python outreach events for women and their friends: http://openhatch.org/blog/2011/lessons-learned-from-the-boston-python-workshop-an-outreach-event-for-women/
I just ran across this t-shirt on ZeroDayClothing that says “Good boys go to Black Hat, Bad girls go to DEF CON.” I think I’m horrified, but mostly just confused. What say you?
http://www.zerodayclothing.com/designs/badgirls.html