Posts tagged ‘media portrayals’

Ask a Geek Feminist: I am male who wants to write a novel about a female superhero and at some point my hero will have to lose a fight. Do I need to take precautions so I don’t end up glorifying violence against women?

Do women and startups mix? Was Battlestar Galactica that good? Is dressing up in Leia’s slave costume empowering? All linkspammed today.

Grants to attend AppSec USA 2011: For the first time, the OWASP Foundation is gathering sponsors for a program to increase the participation of women in the field of application security. The grants are for ...

Activist burnout: Dan Choi, an activist working to end DADT (Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, US miliitary policy against openly lesbian, gay or bi people serving), made his burnout and hospitalisation public: I did not initially ...

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Anti-Bullying Starts in First Grade: Katie, young Star Wars geek, gets support from the wider women geek community. Sady Doyle on women represented in geek culture continued: Lady Robots: The Shape of Things to Come ...

This is an amended version of a post I wrote for the CU-WISE blog (my local Women in Science and Engineering group). See below for additional comments to geek feminism readers. This Wednesday fun is ...