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Posts tagged ‘sexualized presentations’

2011.02.09   Because sexual assault is more common than you think   (25)

This is a guest post by Jacinta Richardson. Jacinta runs Perl Training Australia and is a strong supporter of making IT more friendly to everyone. This is an edited version of a mailing list post. ...

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2010.01.13   A vindication of the rights of linkspam (13th January, 2010)   (20)

Barbie.com – I Can Be: Vote for Barbie's next career: 'Computer Engineer' is one of the options. Let's make it happen! How objectification silences women – the male glance as a psychological muzzle: Ed Yong ...

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2009.11.26   The Mists of Linkspam (26th November, 2009)   (2)

Matt Zimmerman asks Who’s afraid of Ubuntu Women? Issue 17 of the GNOME Journal is available, the first with a unified theme: “Women in Open Source”. All articles were contributed by women. (Journal issues don’t ...

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2009.10.01   From comments: I’m rubber, and you’re glue   (11)

I thought this point was worth bringing up from the comments: as we talk about tech conferences enforcing standards against use of sexualised imagery, we’re hoping to replace the “ho ho ho, we’re all het ...

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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 ...

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