- Most Gamers Cool with Same-Sex Themes – IGN : “Seven in ten gamers are happy to see same-sex issues and themes in games, according to a new survey.”
- The pseudo-science and pseudo-feminism of Women Don’t Ask : A little older than our typical links, but a really thorough analysis of a too oft repeated argument
- An apology for a mistake I never made : janeylicious’s reply to [Warning: anti-feminist] An open Letter to Women in Tech
- The Big Idea: Michelle Sagara : New YA book about the *nice* girls, for once.
- Hack’n Jill, June 15 and 16 in New York, USA: A hackathon with 50 men and 50 women… “Hack’n Jill believes that diverse teams of men and women create the best products.”
- Not Every Woman Gets Empowered: A Response To “In Defense of Slave Leia” : another thoughtful unpacking of the “Slave Leia is empowering!” argument
- Speak Up, Silicon Valley : “Speaking up when you see someone else wronged sends a powerful message. It simultaneously demonstrates the wrongheadedness of the action to the perpetrator while showing support to the wronged party.”
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