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Tag Archives: feminism
Strong women and the military
My typical morning news routine is listening to NPR’s Morning Edition while catching up on Twitter from the night before – which can be a hilariously jarring experience. Take the news cycle about removing the no-combat rule for women in … Continue reading
The Linux community can’t remain silent while leaders make anti-woman comments
I’ve written about prominent open source software leader Ted Ts’o’s public comments about rape for the Ada Initiative over on their blog. This post is about my personal reactions. I know, you don’t want to read about some Linux programmer’s … Continue reading
Has open source given to you? Give back so women have the same chance you did
This is a cross-post of a post I wrote for the Ada Initiative blog about what open source software and Linux in particular has given me. Like many of you, open source software gave me a good job as a … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, kernel, linux, volunteer
Yes, brogrammer culture is pervasive
This article from Mother Jones about the rise of “brogrammer” culture in the tech startup/Silicon Valley world is infuriatingly accurate: “Gangbang Interviews” and “Bikini Shots”: Silicon Valley’s Brogrammer Problem I’ve had a few people ask me if this sort of … Continue reading
The practical reality of contraception: A guide for men
If you listened to the scoffers of no-copay contraception coverage in the U.S., you’d think that preventing pregnancy was as simple as waltzing down to the local Walgreens and batting your eyelashes at the pharmacist. This demonstrates with almost total … Continue reading
Ada Lovelace Day: Sandra K. Johnson
There are two ways to answer the question, “Why are there so few famous women scientists and technologists?” One is to point out the obstacles women faced (and still face). For example, Lise Meitner, co-discoverer of nuclear fission, wasn’t allowed … Continue reading
Sady Doyle on the connection between mansplaining and street harassment
So Sady Doyle writes for the choir – people who are already fairly self-aware and well-educated feminists – and I don’t generally recommend reading her writing unless you’re well beyond Feminism 101. But her last post included a great explanation … Continue reading
Ada Initiative seed funding round successful
The Ada Initiative’s seed funding round closed successfully – a week early! Thank you to all of our donors. I won’t go into detail here, except to say that it was utterly exhausting (especially with attending two conferences during the … Continue reading
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Tagged ada initiative, feminism
Investing some social capital
Over the years, I’ve tried to be an interesting person, on my web page, my blog, in person (less successfully), and so on, in part so that when I had something important to say, somebody would be listening. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged ada initiative, feminism, linux
Ada Initiative Seed 100 donation drive opens
We started the Ada Initiative Seed 100 fund-raising campaign this morning, the first opportunity to donate personally to the Ada Initiative and help women in open source/tech/culture. We kept the “schwag” down to a minimum and went for one really … Continue reading
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Tagged feminism, linux
