- Don’t forget that LCA2010 (Wellington NZ, January) has attendee funding programmes, including one for women and other minorities in Open Source development, and applications close this Friday, Oct 2.
- tigtog highlights a horrendous autism “advocacy†video from Autism Speaks.
- Entrepreneur Penelope Trunk discusses the fallout of tweeting her miscarriage of an unwanted pregnancy (via Bitch Ph.D.)
- Moms on the ‘net: a cheesy 90s video showing how the Internet changes the lives of Moms… when they get connected!
- Sociological Images discusses the OKCupid data on which approaches do and don’t work in online dating.
- Women in Science introduces Bangladeshi women scientists.
- Joseph Reagle looks at Wikipedia’s biographical coverage of women.
- Rebecca Thomson takes apart recent claims that women are lazy and clueless about technology.
- The Female Perspective of Computer Science asks: Student Support Groups: How to Build Them and Do They Work?
- Geek Girls Guide talks about the upside of Technology-Enabled Parenting; it’s not all about mothers (of course) ignoring their children in favour of their inbox.
- Elizabeth Krumbach reports on a LUG talk she gave on F/OSS Marketing: Attracting Users AND Contributors
- tigtog reports on Equality Now calling on the Japanese government to respond to rape in video games
- Cheryl Morgan provides an introduction to the work of Susan Wood, winner of the Best Fan Writer Hugo in 1974, 1977 (tie) and 1981.
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