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Posts tagged ‘marvel’

2009.12.17   Our degenerate modern linkspamming society (18th December, 2009)   (8)

How the Geek Stereotype Stunts Computer Science: Lisa Grossman, writer of "Of Geeks and Girls", responds to some Hacker News comments: “The entrance fee to a computer science career is membership in geek culture, and ...

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2009.09.16   Quick hit: Marvel writer defends rape in Spiderman comic   (34)

Via Hoyden who link to IO9′s post on the subject. When is rape not rape? When it’s a supervillain pretending to be Peter Parker and having sex with Parker’s roommate, who thinks she’s having sex ...

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2009.09.09   The Left Hand of Link Roundup (Sep 9th, 2009)   (8)

Technology for “keeping kids safe” unsurprisingly sometimes serves a dual purpose, as Lauredhel points out: Your kids’ ’secure’ online chats being sold to marketers Pink Brain, Blue Brain: Claims of sex differences fall apart. Newsweek ...

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2009.08.15   Link Roundup Strikes Back (August 15th, 2009)   (7)

Gender gap in pay explained by choice of major Roll call: Women in Python. If you’re a woman who uses Python, go let Pam know! Notes from the DrupalChix panel at DrupalCampLA last weekend A ...

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