Posts tagged ‘allies’

Another old project moved (copied) to the GF wiki: Mary imported the Women in FLOSS bibliography she originally wrote for LinuxChix and added some new material. Add all material you know of related to women ...

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 ...

[Trigger warning for use of rape as an analogy for display of dominance] This is a discussion I just saw in a project/support channel on an IRC server I frequent. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon ...

Deb Nicholson is a geeky gal who is motivated by the intersection of technology and social justice. She spends her time working freelance with the Caucus to Increase Women’s Participation in Free Software and pursuing ...

Valerie’s Conference anti-harassment policy is under discussion at LWN and Hacker News (‘ware: both sites well known for faily comments, although as of writing LWN is doing mostly OK). LWN’s article will be de-paywalled in ...

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question. (See the status of this project, also.) I am a girl geek in a relationship with a guy geek, and this guy geek was raised by his ...

Her Universe will be offering licensed Star Wars gear specifically for female fans, who thus far have been a tad under-served as a market. See the announcement. Biella Coleman comments on Clay Shirky and WYNC ...

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our commenters. What interventions do you recommend pro-feminist male geeks make in their workplaces? If you could get the guy geeks on your side to agitate ...

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our commenters. This questioner asked us not to quote the exact context, but was involved in one of those scenarios where a woman got involved in ...

Rikki Kite interviews Juliet Kemp and Ellen Siever (both authors of Linux books) ¡Bienvenidos a la Boca del Infierno! — where are the Latino/as in Buffy? Also, check out the new blog SciFi Latino for ...

That’s what we like to hear. And since our PSA last week about MikeeUSA, we’ve been really pleased to see people coming out of the woodwork to say, in effect, “OMGWTF!” and “NOT COOL.” It’s ...

The do’s and don’ts of being a good ally Ring around Saturn: Jennifer Ouellette at Twisted Physics profiles astrophysicist Carolyn Porco and her work on the Cassini probe Liana Leahy asks SRSLY? at claims of ...

Horror wants women to scream, but not to talk – The British Fantasy Association interviews 16 horror writers. None of them women. Overview of English grammar by Suzette Haden Elgin. 11 post series and still ...