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Remember a while ago when the “women in stem” (or whatever it was) hashtag took off and women took selfies with what they wear in the lab and at work? Lo and be

by chomp 5y ago

Remember a while ago when the “women in stem” (or whatever it was) hashtag took off and women took selfies with what they wear in the lab and at work? Lo and behold, women dress like normal people when working in the lab or with their work equipment. Let’s not act like Naomi isn’t running the influencer gig and doesn’t know what she’s doing here. If she wanted to do a tech video about her CNC machine, then do that, but leave out the eye roll inducing camera shots.

thrill 5y ago
Or as they used to say in the olden times ... you could just not watch it.
- x0x0 5y ago
  Nobody is arguing over watching it, or whether people should be able to (turns out they can). They're arguing over whether youtube's (predominantly brand) advertisers are going to want to have advertising displayed alongside this, and whether youtube has the right to make that call.
- chomp 5y ago
  I don’t watch YouTube/Instagram/Tiktok at all, I feel that the content that people produce is more often than not manipulative, and the algorithms take care of the rest.
mcphage 5y ago
> women took selfies with what they wear in the lab and at work? Lo and behold, women dress like normal people when working in the lab or with their work equipment. Ah, the good ol' "Wear what you want—but not like that!"
- chomp 5y ago
  No… because that would imply I’m attempting to police what people wear. I am not. My complaint is with Naomi putting words into Google’s mouth and jumping to the extremes, which is completely disingenuous. It has to be, because she’s smart enough to know why content from someone who’s built their personal brand as @SexyCyborg could sometimes be a little too sexy. This isn’t a women in stem issue, it’s a “I wanna sell risqué content to Google and Google won’t buy it” issue.
  - mcphage 5y ago
    > No… because that would imply I’m attempting to police what people wear. I am not. Well, that's because it really sounds like you are. There was a very strongly implied 'Why can't Naomi dress more respectable, like those women using the women in stem hash tag?'
    - chomp 5y ago
      Sorry, I understand now. My intent was to show that there is a distinct, measurable difference between normal people and influencers in terms of their appearances and behavior in real life. However, I can see how part of that could be seen as policing what people wear. My claim remains the same though, that her brand is built around creating risqué science content and so the linked Twitter thread is manufactured outrage.

by chomp 5y ago

thrill 5y ago

Or as they used to say in the olden times ... you could just not watch it.

x0x0 5y ago
Nobody is arguing over watching it, or whether people should be able to (turns out they can). They're arguing over whether youtube's (predominantly brand) advertisers are going to want to have advertising displayed alongside this, and whether youtube has the right to make that call.
chomp 5y ago
I don’t watch YouTube/Instagram/Tiktok at all, I feel that the content that people produce is more often than not manipulative, and the algorithms take care of the rest.

mcphage 5y ago

> women took selfies with what they wear in the lab and at work? Lo and behold, women dress like normal people when working in the lab or with their work equipment. Ah, the good ol' "Wear what you want—but not like that!"

chomp 5y ago
No… because that would imply I’m attempting to police what people wear. I am not. My complaint is with Naomi putting words into Google’s mouth and jumping to the extremes, which is completely disingenuous. It has to be, because she’s smart enough to know why content from someone who’s built their personal brand as @SexyCyborg could sometimes be a little too sexy. This isn’t a women in stem issue, it’s a “I wanna sell risqué content to Google and Google won’t buy it” issue.
- mcphage 5y ago
  > No… because that would imply I’m attempting to police what people wear. I am not. Well, that's because it really sounds like you are. There was a very strongly implied 'Why can't Naomi dress more respectable, like those women using the women in stem hash tag?'
  - chomp 5y ago
    Sorry, I understand now. My intent was to show that there is a distinct, measurable difference between normal people and influencers in terms of their appearances and behavior in real life. However, I can see how part of that could be seen as policing what people wear. My claim remains the same though, that her brand is built around creating risqué science content and so the linked Twitter thread is manufactured outrage.