- From the subverting stereotypes file: In an interview with Sherry Turkle, Christine Alvarado credits playing with My Little Pony for fostering her love for mathematics… (edit: was Christine, not Sherry as I originally published. oops, sorry!)
- … And JJ explains how playing with Barbies keeps the boys at bay.
- (slightly NSFW) A computer mouse shaped like a vagina, and from the same designer menstrual pad shelves and a tampon USB drive. Amusing, but the former seems like it could reinforce the wrong ideas somewhere along the lines. What do you think?
- FOSDEM was last weekend. In related news some folks really can’t grasp simple concepts.
- After a discussion on the topic at She’s Geeky, Sarah Dopp discusses gender in forms and offers some advice.
- Signalboost: The GNOME project’s outreach programme for women contributors is kicking off for the second time. The first was back in 2006.
- Two fortnights’ worth of juicy feminist reading up at Feminist Carnivals No 12 and No 13. As always, submit this fortnight’s goodness for the next carnival.
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