Archive for August, 2011

Why do female geek objectify themselves or present themselves as sexy versions of the things geek men love? That’s what a recent Comic-Con panel, “Oh, You Sexy Geek!” asked, but maybe it isn’t the right question at all.

In the absence of doctors’ records, it can never be known how many babies died in the U.S. because of thalidomide’s “clinical trials”; Dr. Lenz estimated that in forty percent of cases where there was ...

Do women and startups mix? Was Battlestar Galactica that good? Is dressing up in Leia’s slave costume empowering? All linkspammed today.

I’m travelling this week, so today’s open thread is brought to you by Pony Elvis. Feel free to discuss anything here that falls within our comment guidelines. Thank you very much.

With DC rebooting their entire universe, it’s not entirely surprising that I’ve seen a lot of Justice League links of late. Here’s three that I think Geek Feminism readers might find interesting, put together in ...

Technology protest isn’t just about “leave if you don’t like it”. What services do you stick with and protest about? Which ones have you left/not signed up for despite temptation?

This week’s Wednesday Geek Woman is Ellen Ochoa, inventor of optical processing systems and NASA space shuttle astronaut.