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Brogramming: Sex & Sexism in Tech « Just Alyssa
gender  webdev 
29 days ago by epersonae
Biking and Sexual Health in Women - NYTimes.com
"Notably, it was the position of the handlebars that seemed to have the most effect." Upright position FTW.
bicycling  health  gender 
8 weeks ago by epersonae
» How to be a fan of problematic things Social Justice League
"here are my suggestions for things we should try our darnedest to do as self-confessed fans of problematic stuff" - acknowledge, don't minimize, respect.
writing  arts  society  gender 
11 weeks ago by epersonae
Kate Bornstein's Blog for Teens, Freaks and Other Outlaws: Please Help Me Update My Gender Workbook
I have the 1st edition, signed. Good stuff.
gender  writing 
january 2012 by epersonae
The Income Disparity of Women in the Creative Class - Jobs & Economy - The Atlantic Cities
"Even when we control for hours worked and education in a regression analysis, creative class men out-earn creative class women by a sizable $23,700, or 49.2 percent."
gender  business  society  finance  webdev 
november 2011 by epersonae
Shortpacked! by David Willis - Math
"This is Lucy. Lucy loved to watch Teen Titans every week on Cartoon Network from 2003 to 2006." On DC spitting in the eye of people who very easily could've been fans.
gender  arts 
september 2011 by epersonae
Occupation: Girl - What's going on with #yesGayYA
"we have a publishing kerfuffle to discuss" - excellent round-up on a(n apparently) complicated situation.
writing  gender 
september 2011 by epersonae
Bans on Insurance Coverage of Abortion | American Civil Liberties Union
I don't even.
gender  politics  health 
august 2011 by epersonae
DC Women Kicking Ass - An Interview with the Batgirl of the SDCC panels
arts  gender  scifi 
july 2011 by epersonae
Unsung Heroes of NASA Space Suit | The Mary Sue
Sewn by hand. (And what i almost missed: done so even to this day!)
history  science  gender  crafty 
july 2011 by epersonae
The Teen Suicide Epidemic in Michele Bachmann's District | Mother Jones
sad & appalling
politics  gender  sexuality  academia 
july 2011 by epersonae
Girls Go Geek… Again! - Fog Creek Blog
"it looks like women are now returning to computer science" - sort of, slowly. most interesting part of this, from my POV, is the interview with the intern.
gender  misctech  history 
july 2011 by epersonae
no shit.
"everything you will ever see on a celebrity’s body, including their outfits when they’re out and about and they just get caught by a paparazzo, has been tailored"
gender  clothes  crafty 
july 2011 by epersonae
That’s enough, Robert Hoekman | Shall Make You Odd
"Why should anyone timid or afraid they’ll be publicly humiliated as an impostor speak in a world where Hoekman lurks?" this. I have a lot to say about Dylan's post (obvs) but can't (yet?!) put it together coherently.
psychology  personal  webdev  gender 
june 2011 by epersonae
Researcher reveals how “Computer Geeks” replaced “Computer Girls” | Gender News
when employers discovered that programming was hard, they started recruiting men. :(
misctech  history  gender 
june 2011 by epersonae
Campaign for equality with Drupal-based Friendfactor | Dries Buytaert
drupal  gender  politics 
june 2011 by epersonae
150 Years of Mary Sue, by Pat Pflieger
Am suddenly reminded of Anne of Green Gables, actually.
writing  gender  history 
june 2011 by epersonae
Confessions of a Fairy Tale Addict | tor.com | Science fiction and fantasy | Blog posts
writing  gender 
may 2011 by epersonae
The Truth about Margaret Sanger | Planned Parenthood Affiliates New Jersey
"This fact sheet is designed to separate fact from fiction and to further explain Sanger's views and the background against which they must be judged."
history  gender  science 
may 2011 by epersonae
Size 8 | The Mary Sue
article/infographic about inconsistency in women's clothing styles. color me unsurprised.
personal  gender  infographic 
april 2011 by epersonae
cluegirl | An Open Letter to the Men of America and the World, on the Subject of My Feminism;
"The fact is, I respect you, gentlemen, and that is why I am a feminist. I respect your capacity for strength, for honourability, for fairness, and for intellectual, rational discourse too much to allow our society to shortchange you on those accounts." YES.
gender  politics  philosophizing 
march 2011 by epersonae
Angela Byron on Drupal 7 | Linux Journal
how awesome is that? really awesome. (also, according to adrienek (sp?) she's the first woman to ever appear on the cover of Linux Journal.)
drupal  gender  webdev 
february 2011 by epersonae
Calling Out Gendered Advertising » Sociological Images
Awesome! (My mom learned how to build a laser when she went back to school.)
gender  science 
february 2011 by epersonae
Rediscovering WWII's female 'computers' - CNN.com
lovely story, just added the documentary to my netflix instant queue.
history  gender  misctech 
february 2011 by epersonae
Tiger Beatdown › #MooreandMe: On Progressives, Rape Apologism, and the Little Guy
wikileaks  gender 
december 2010 by epersonae
“Why don’t you just hit him?” | Geek Feminism Blog
"Harassment is not a private matter between harasser and victim, and it’s not the victim’s job to put a stop to it."
gender 
december 2010 by epersonae
Dev Profile: Angie Byron | Port 25
pure distilled awesome. :) (also, whatever community college she went to needs to contact her to use in promotional materials!)
drupal  gender  academia  webdev 
december 2010 by epersonae
6 reasons event organizers should adopt the Conference Anti-Harassment Policy | Geek Feminism Blog
"Think of it like a seatbelt: hopefully you’ll never need it, and maybe it’ll make a few folk uncomfortable, but you’ll be happy it was there if you have to slam on the brakes."
gender  society  writing  misctech 
december 2010 by epersonae
Leaked Cable #r?a?p?e?: An Open Rant Against the Perpetuation of Rape Myths | Vancouver Media Co-op
"You know, it IS POSSIBLE that Julian Assange DID sexually assault a woman in Sweden AND that the charges are trumped up in a way and dealt with in a certain way because of his work with WikiLeaks." - more on consent, rumors and icky people.
gender  society  wikileaks 
december 2010 by epersonae
Some thoughts on “sex by surprise” — Feministe
"I’m not particularly interested in debating What Assange Did or Whether Assange Is A Rapist" - instead, some thoughts about consent, etc.
gender  society  wikileaks 
december 2010 by epersonae
White, male startup companies get funding for being white and male. | Geek Feminism Blog
"In other industries—and if uttered by someone without a university education—people would call it “sexism”, “racism”, and “ageism”, but not in the technology venture-capital industry" -- also, amused by the "Remington Steele" suggestion in the comments.
gender  finance  misctech 
november 2010 by epersonae
My son is gay « Nerdy Apple Bottom
"Thirdly, I am not worried that your son will grow up to be an actual ninja so back off." preschool-age boy dresses as Daphne from Scooby-Doo for Halloween. other moms are jerks.
society  gender 
november 2010 by epersonae
One Woman's Abortion - Magazine - The Atlantic
From 1969. Fascinating -- and vital -- reading.
gender  history  health  politics 
october 2010 by epersonae
The Social Network, Where Women Never Have Ideas
"It makes you wonder why the filmmakers tried so hard to create a world so hostile and diminishing to women"
facebook  gender  arts  webdev 
october 2010 by epersonae
Scientists find area responsible for emotion in dead fish « Mind Hacks
this is the article I mentioned in my review of Delusions of Gender, and yes, it was @fakebaldur who linked to it. quite a while ago, apparently.
science  gender  psychology  weird 
september 2010 by epersonae
Roberta Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
from Hackers. Near as I can tell, there would not have *been* a Sierra On-Line if not for her interest in storytelling.
history  gender  misctech 
september 2010 by epersonae
Jude Milhon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
quote from Hackers: "She noted the lack of female hardware hackers, and was enraged at the male hacker obsession with technological play and power. She summed up her feelings with the epithet 'the boys and their toys'"
history  gender  misctech 
september 2010 by epersonae
Margaret Hamilton (scientist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
from Hackers. noticed that she was born the same year as my dad. "Before her developmental contributions, the on board flight software needed to land on the moon did not exist."
gender  history  space  misctech 
september 2010 by epersonae
Girl Develop IT Takes Off With Low-Cost, Women-Only Programming Classes
via Robert A Hunter -- may have response to this (and the as-usual sometimes appalling comments) later.
gender  academia  webdev 
september 2010 by epersonae
The influence of subtlety | groups.drupal.org
Very thoughtful; how well-meaning people can inadvertently make things worse. Interesting suggestion in the comments: "Let's come up with some new placeholder text :)"
drupal  gender 
september 2010 by epersonae
Sexism and Mountains out of Molehills | groups.drupal.org
from the comments: "a stern, "tch, Dries, seriously?" was exactly the correct response to his joke" - the "mountain of a molehill" then being jerks freaking out about that (reasonable!) response.
gender  drupal 
august 2010 by epersonae
History of Seattle Webgrrls/Digital Eve
Kathy Gill is looking for history around this group. (Was it really 10 yrs ago that I was co-events something or other?)
local  seattle  history  gender  personal  webdev 
august 2010 by epersonae
Dejobbing society
side note: I haven't thought about Beguines in ages. (I took medieval women's lit in college. Yes, really. Fascinating stuff, as it happens.)
history  finance  society  gender 
august 2010 by epersonae
CSSquirrel : Comic: Kyle Weems
that's me in the hat, supposedly. ;) linked blog post is interesting. yeah, the swearing might've been a bit much.
gender  personal  arts  misctech  webdev 
august 2010 by epersonae
So you want to hire a ninja, do you? | Mettaprogramming
"What if I told you that ninjas are just zombies with black bags over their heads?" (interesting little gender-tweak there in the middle, btw. blink & you might miss it.)
gender  psychology  productivity  misctech  webdev 
july 2010 by epersonae
Stubbornella » Blog Archive » Woman in technology
"I believe CS and Web Development currently select for certain masculine qualities that are largely unrelated to someone’s prowess as a coder." indeed. dude, it's typing, not coal mining.
society  gender  misctech  webdev 
july 2010 by epersonae
Eschaton - True Story
"Now, I'm not quick to assume bad faith or nefarious motive, but I'm pretty damn sure some pig in the service department thinks it's ok to try to rip off women."
gender 
july 2010 by epersonae
On World Population Day, take note: population isn’t the problem | Grist
population growth is slowing, mostly from urbanization & the decline of childhood diseases.
eco  society  gender 
july 2010 by epersonae
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Names: MicroISV on a Shoestring
awesome. related assumption: there is exactly one way to represent the names in a household with two adults.
society  gender  misctech 
june 2010 by epersonae
The Female Factor - In Sweden, the Men Can Have It All - NYTimes.com
"laws reserving at least two months of the generously paid, 13-month parental leave exclusively for fathers [...] have set off profound social change" fascinating...also, jealous!
society  politics  gender 
june 2010 by epersonae
Left out in the cold: How tech innovation favors the rich - Computerworld
"It is no surprise then that much of the gadgetry and Web services leaping from the minds of talented young innovators are geared toward young, well-educated, affluent white kids -- people just like them"
society  gender  politics  finance  misctech  webdev 
may 2010 by epersonae
Mule Design Studio's Blog: An Open Letter to Our Industry
"I think you [conference organizers] are lazy and irresponsible." indeed.
gender  misctech  webdev 
may 2010 by epersonae
Lovely Bicycle!: 'So My Husband Wants Me to Get a Bike...'
"Please, don't be that couple." amusing, and I think I've seen that too.
gender  bicycling 
may 2010 by epersonae
Workplace sexism: Glass ceilings are supported by glass walls | Career Management | TechRepublic.com
gender  society  misctech 
may 2010 by epersonae
'Abortion Recovery' Month? How About 'Abortion Wellbeing Month'? | RHRealityCheck.org
"the more we can provide honest portrayals of the full range of women's experiences, the better off all women are"
gender  politics  health 
april 2010 by epersonae
Geeks and non-geeks | Geek Feminism Blog
grar.
drupal  gender 
april 2010 by epersonae
Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley - DealBook Blog - NYTimes.com
gender  webdev  society  misctech 
april 2010 by epersonae
Isn’t Sinead O’Connor overdue a massive, grovelling apology from absolutely everybody? | Tripping Along The Ledge
I remember watching that episode -- I think in the common room of my dorm freshman year. I HATED the treatment she got on the following week's episode. :(
history  religion  gender 
april 2010 by epersonae
Tomorrow's Adas - Anil Dash
"I'm using the day instead to talk about how [...] women [...] in the tech industry can pursue some interesting opportunities in the future."
gender  misctech  webdev 
march 2010 by epersonae
Ada Lovelace Day: Portraits of Women in Technology - Spellbound Blog
"I went on a hunt through the Filckr Commons and other sources of archival images to see how many portraits of women who have contributed to science and technology I could find." cool!
gender  history  photography  misctech 
march 2010 by epersonae
Why I Can’t Get As Excited About Geolocation as Scoble | Michelle's Blog
"I’ve had some not so pleasant experiences with someone who felt compelled to tell me that I couldn’t block him from certain circles of my life" (she doesn't talk about gender explicitly, but that's a big part of it IMO.)
society  blogosphere  gis  mobileweb  gender 
march 2010 by epersonae
Web Teacher › Meet Glenda Sims on Ada Lovelace Day
Glenda is rad!
sxsw  accessibility  gender  webdev 
march 2010 by epersonae
Where in the World is Kathy Sierra? -- Or, the best tech writing blogger ever - Computer Books / Human Readers
Ah, I still miss her blogging.
writing  gender  misctech  webdev 
march 2010 by epersonae
Blacks, Latinos and women lose ground at Silicon Valley tech companies - San Jose Mercury News
silicon valley even suckier than the rest of the tech industry. ::sigh:: (plus more graphs.)
business  society  gender  misctech 
march 2010 by epersonae
Silicon Valley: You and Some of Your VC's have a Gender Problem
complete with charts
society  business  gender  misctech 
march 2010 by epersonae
How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America - The Atlantic (March 2010)
"The worst effects of pervasive joblessness—on family, politics, society—take time to incubate, and they show themselves only slowly. But ultimately, they leave deep marks that endure long after boom times have returned."
politics  finance  gender  psychology 
february 2010 by epersonae
F*ck You, Google - Bad Valentine - Gizmodo
rant has moved, looks like original blog is now subscriber-only. (my guess: anon internet assholes.)
google  privacy  gender 
february 2010 by epersonae
The History Blog » Blog Archive » Medieval penitential sex flowchart
"What it is is a flowchart Brundage compiled from many penitentials which helps the pious man figure out if he can have lawful intercourse." (Generally, no.)
weird  history  gender 
february 2010 by epersonae
EconomPic: Women Taking Over the Workforce
"women, for the first time in recorded history, outnumber men in the workforce"
society  finance  gender 
february 2010 by epersonae
Women on U.S. Money
work  gender 
february 2010 by epersonae
lis.dom » equal employment: having my say
"What interested me the most [...] was that it was the largest corporations [...] that showed the least discrimination in hiring. What all those places had in common was that they had very strict standard hiring procedures, and there were thus fewer opportunities for the interviewer to say, 'Oh, you went to Valparaiso? So did my best friend!'" This is an important point, IMHO.
society  gender 
january 2010 by epersonae
apophenia: whose voice do you hear? gender issues and success
damn thoughtful, and handy ani difranco quote at the end.
gender  society  misctech 
january 2010 by epersonae
Female teachers transmit math anxiety to female students
"Elementary education majors have been found to be particularly afraid of math—more so than any other college major—but often have little chance to overcome this fear because the math requirements of their programs are usually minimal."
academia  gender 
january 2010 by epersonae
Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union » Sexting, and What it Means to be a Girl
"Last February, Skumanick told a group of students and parents that he had the authority to prosecute a girl for being photographed in a bikini on a beach, because the photo was "provocative."" Jackass.
society  gender  politics 
january 2010 by epersonae
plasticbag.org: Should we encourage self-promotion and lies?
very thoughtful response.
gender  marketing  psychology  philosophizing 
january 2010 by epersonae
Nostalgia for vintage ads - Feministing
"While we usually post vintage ads to highlight their sexism, this time it's the other way around." Ah, Lego.
lego  history  marketing  gender 
january 2010 by epersonae
Skepchick » Yellow! Do you feel more aware now?
"How delightfully devious and titillating! Except that it’s stupid."
blogosphere  society  gender  medicine  health 
january 2010 by epersonae
statesmarriagecousin.jpg (444×600)
hey, in most of New England (and New Jersey?!) you can get married to your same-sex first cousin!
gender  politics  society  weird 
january 2010 by epersonae
MP Dunleavey - Higher prices for women's products; gender inequality - MSN Money
"Consumer Reports compared six products that come in his-and-hers versions (or a neutral edition and a feminine one): shaving cream, antiperspirant, pain reliever, eye cream, body wash and razors. The magazine found that products aimed specifically at women can cost more than 50% extra." oh jeez.
gender  marketing  finance 
january 2010 by epersonae
The power of pink | From the Guardian | The Guardian
"The sisters are at something of a loss to understand why an innocuous, low-key campaign should spark such vitriol."
gender  marketing  society 
december 2009 by epersonae
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