Archive for October, 2011

Trigger warning for body shame and eating disorders.

I’ve grown up through both geek and jock culture and they’re both the same. Dominated by men, a thin varnish over pervasive misogyny. The only difference is where the jocks know the girls have eating disorders, but don’t care; the geeks genuinely think that this part of the world cannot touch them.

Cookie of the Week* is an occasional series highlighting action in the geek community to fight sexism, in order to show that fighting sexism is possible and happening. This week’s winner is the IEEE, for ...

Even here at Geek Feminism there seems to be people searching for community. We are coming together for a sense of shared experience. So I am giving some unsolicited advice, much like I did on that conference call. If you are feeling isolated, find an organization with a purpose you can support. Attend, volunteer, get involved.

This week’s Wednesday Geek Woman is Sandra K. Johnson, parallel processing expert and first African-American woman electrical engineering PhD in the U.S.

A friend linked http://takebackhalloween.org/, which I think might appeal to folk here. They include costume ideas for Lise Meitner and Ada Lovelace among many other notable women. So it’s gotten me wondering… what are you, ...

It’s been two weeks since Ada Lovelace Day already! We also have a short roundup of posts that weren’t submitted for cross-posting here, but that you may still enjoy.

Let’s talk cocktail geeking. What do you imbibe that you think deserves a wider audience? Are you working on a recipe that you could use some feedback on?

This is also an open thread for general discussion on any topic, as long as it’s within the comment policy.