Posts tagged ‘kathy sierra’
2011.08.31 Quick hit: Death Threats and Hate Crimes, Attacks On Women Bloggers Escalating (7)
[Trigger warning for harassment, threatening violence against women] A few years ago, a wonderful woman and prominent tech blogger named Kathy Sierra was driven offline because the the readers of a hate website called MeanKids ...
Full Story »2010.03.05 A crisis of linkspam proportions (5th March, 2010) (1)
Lifehacker introduces MacGyver of the Day: Electronics Hacker Jeri Ellsworth: “chip maker, race car builder, pin ball machine maker, blowing-stuff-up’er…” David Barnes is keen to remind us of the fabulous stuff Kathy Sierra wrote for ...
Full Story »2009.08.19 Where are all the men bloggers? (96)
When I look around my Google Reader feeds, I see so many insightful, intelligent political and technical blogs by women, but hardly any by men. For instance, I read Shakesville every day for US and ...
Full Story »2009.08.19 Why we document (8)
A comment over on the Geek Feminism wiki asked whether we aren’t damaging the community by documenting sexism. I don’t want to get too 101 on our fine blog, but I do want to talk ...
Full Story »2009.08.17 George Sodini, Montreal, Debian (8)
In cereta’s words, “Oh yes, I’m going there.” Trigger warning. After George Sodini went on a misogynist shooting spree, killing three women, a lot of people were making comparisons to the Virginia Tech or Columbine ...
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