I just wanted to drop a line to say that you’re not the only EDSer in the open source world. You don’t know me (although we have mutual acquaintances), but I wanted put the offer out that I’m more than happy to talk if you want to talk to another woman with EDS.

Is there any upside to pain? For temporary pain, it can heighten appreciation for the non-pain state. But I’ve never heard of an upside to persistent pain.

I’m sure we’re not the only ones who wish you could be at every conference, every event. In light of this post, it’s more of a “she’s here in spirit” type of thing. It’s not that you’re choosing not to go. It’s just not an option.

It’s wonderful that you have found a way to contribute meaningfully through the Ada Initiative. (Persistent pain can so easily suck all the desire to contribute right out of a person.) Go Val!

Thus there are 1037 Female pornographic film actors if you include the “Transsexual female pornographic film actors‎” and “Lesbian female pornographic film actors‎” and 111 “Women computer scientists” if you include “Women in applied computer science‎ ” and “Women in theoretical computer science”.

I’m a girl working in IT too, so I really know what you means ;)

I once had a man scream that I was racist, so that the entire store would hear, along with nearby shops, just because I told him I did not want to date him. So glad I’m not in retail anymore!

Good post though. It’s insane to me how often this kind of thing happens. I was talking recently with some people who follow the skeptic community pretty heavily and from what I’ve heard, they struggle with many of the same issues that the open source community does.