[In case it needs to be said: I don't agree with every word of everything I link to. --L.]
- Friday Genius Ten “What Double Standard?” Ediiton
- Sometimes you feel, when you hear a news story, that the world is giving gifts crafted especially for you. That’s how I felt when I watched this segment on Rachel Maddow…
- Macho, macho ’spam, I want to be a macho ’spam (8th April, 2010)
- # Study: Pay, Promotion Limits Lead Women to Exit Engineering: ‘What’s for sure is that “it’s not about math or getting your hands dirty,” says Hunt. “It’s not because these women mistakenly wandered into engineering.’”. (Also, WTF at ad inserted into the article: “See iPhone apps for new moms.”)
# Girls abandon dolls for Web-based toys: an anecdote-driven story about possible new play styles among girls.
# Being Inclusive vs Not Being Exclusive: ‘A group of people put on some creative project, and someone notices that there’s a lack of representation of X Minority for whatever reason, sometimes noting that they themselves are in the minority. The people organising the project get defensive and say “But we’re not excluding anyone! We are open to everybody! They just need to sign on!” There is a huge difference between not being exclusive and being inclusive.’ (Via FWD.)
# Five+ Ways Being Transgender in Fandom Really Sucks, and Why I Stick With It Anyway: iambic writes about his experiences as a trans fan.
# Research Conversations: Munmun De Choudhury writes about her computer science research on homophily in social networks, that is, similar people forming connections.
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