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One consequence of this naming and shaming type editorial is that you end up with paragraphs like these: "In the Times story, DeVaul allegedly invited hardware

One consequence of this naming and shaming type editorial is that you end up with paragraphs like these: "In the Times story, DeVaul allegedly invited hardware engineer Star Simpson, who was interviewing to work at Google, to the art and culture festival Burning Man, telling her he and his wife were polyamorous. Simpson attended the festival in hopes it would improve her chances of getting hired — she brought her mother with her and “professional attire,” according to the Times. Yet DeVaul encouraged her to remove her clothing and asked to give her a massage."

bitwize 8y ago
Wow, small world.I think this is the same girl who was arrested as a suspected terrorist a few years back because as far as the BoPo is concerned, exposed circuit board + blinking lights = bomb.
- geezerjay 8y ago
  For those of us wondering, here's a link: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Student_arrested_over_%22art%22_shirt_with_exposed_wiring_at_Boston_Airport https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Student_arrested_over_%22art%22...
  - jkaplowitz 8y ago
    Thanks! Do you have a link to how her case turned out? That article stops after her not guilty plea and her release on bond.
    - geezerjay 8y ago
      > Thanks! Do you have a link to how her case turned out? Honestly, I know nothing of the case. I've just googled the name and was surprised by the number of search hits, and the wikinews article was among the first search results.
    - Terretta 8y ago
      In her words on the record, "... the deal made with the D.A. was to perform 50 hours of community service, to not be arrested in Massachusetts, for an entire year, and that I had to issue a public apology to Boston." https://boingboing.net/2008/09/22/star-simpson-one-yea.html https://boingboing.net/2008/09/22/star-simpson-one-yea.html
      - jkaplowitz 8y ago
        Thanks. It's still more than the "be careful of uninformed non-scientist public perception" warning that she should have gotten, but it's probably the least the DA could politically speaking get away with and still save face. Society's reactions to this kind of thing are messed up in a complicated way. Good interview there.

bitwize 8y ago

Wow, small world.I think this is the same girl who was arrested as a suspected terrorist a few years back because as far as the BoPo is concerned, exposed circuit board + blinking lights = bomb.

geezerjay 8y ago
For those of us wondering, here's a link: https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Student_arrested_over_%22art%22_shirt_with_exposed_wiring_at_Boston_Airport https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Student_arrested_over_%22art%22...
- jkaplowitz 8y ago
  Thanks! Do you have a link to how her case turned out? That article stops after her not guilty plea and her release on bond.
  - geezerjay 8y ago
    > Thanks! Do you have a link to how her case turned out? Honestly, I know nothing of the case. I've just googled the name and was surprised by the number of search hits, and the wikinews article was among the first search results.
  - Terretta 8y ago
    In her words on the record, "... the deal made with the D.A. was to perform 50 hours of community service, to not be arrested in Massachusetts, for an entire year, and that I had to issue a public apology to Boston." https://boingboing.net/2008/09/22/star-simpson-one-yea.html https://boingboing.net/2008/09/22/star-simpson-one-yea.html
    - jkaplowitz 8y ago
      Thanks. It's still more than the "be careful of uninformed non-scientist public perception" warning that she should have gotten, but it's probably the least the DA could politically speaking get away with and still save face. Society's reactions to this kind of thing are messed up in a complicated way. Good interview there.