Posts tagged ‘feminism 101’
2010.12.07 “Why don’t you just hit him?” (47)
Warning: this post and links from it discuss both harassment and violence, imagined and real. Valerie has had a lot of comments and private email in response to her conference anti-harassment policy suggesting that a ...
Full Story »2010.12.05 Re-post: But women are an advanced social skill… (8)
In anticipation of a December/January slowdown, I’m reposting some of my writing from earlier in 2010, for the benefit of new (and nostalgic!) readers. This piece originally appeared on the 3rd April 2010. This post ...
Full Story »2010.11.08 Some resources for people who want to be allies (23)
This is a 101 post and all of the links here are fairly well known to ‘net feminists, but Noirin being assaulted has caused newcomers to wonder what they can do to help create a ...
Full Story »2010.10.04 When you are the expert in the room (13)
This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question: This a “what should we do” question, but a fairly specific one. Recent discussions, particularly Restore meritocracy in CS using an obscure functional language , have left ...
Full Story »2010.10.03 Social problems in Computer Science (15)
This is a guest post by Jessica Hamrick. Jessica Hamrick is a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer science with a bent towards artificial intelligence. She is is ...
Full Story »2010.09.01 Ask a Geek Feminist, round 3 (4)
Welcome to round 3 of Ask a Geek Feminist! How it works: if you’ve got a question you think a geek feminist could answer, post a comment in reply to this post. (Comments will not ...
Full Story »2010.07.19 Geek men’s appearance, and related issues (37)
These are Ask a Geek Feminist questions, to the best of my knowledge this concludes posts answering questions from rounds 1 and 2. Round 3 will be in a few months. We got a couple ...
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