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>She’s not appealing to males. Calling yourself "sexy" and dressing in a bikini appeals to males, and males greatly outnumber lesbians, and that will lead to l
by Jiro 5y ago
>She’s not appealing to males.
Calling yourself "sexy" and dressing in a bikini appeals to males, and males greatly outnumber lesbians, and that will lead to lots of male twitter followers who would not follow her if all she had were her actions and words. She can't not know this stuff.
You can argue that she isn't deliberately appealing to men, but at some point, "in the knowledge that" is indistinguishable from "deliberately" by anyone who can't read minds.
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoI’m sure she knows that her appearance has a massive overlap with male fantasies and that affects her followers. But what does that have to do with the work she does? And why is that her problem? Given the snubs she’s received, I’d argue that her appearance actually costs her. If she looked more like the western ideal of a female lesbian hacker she’d get more work and sponsorships.
- Jiro 5y ago>But what does that have to do with the work she does? She's doing something that makes it look like she's gaining fans for reasons unrelated to the quality of her work. People will be skeptical of the work of a person who trades on something other than her work.
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoSkepticism is one thing. But it certainly appears that she continually gets snubbed. After all this time the media, popular personalities, maker communities that espouse inclusivity didn’t once look at her work? Got the first mass produced Infinite Z printer to market - still skeptical? Got Chinese companies to comply to open source licenses - still skeptical? Makes a bunch of stuff - still skeptical? Naomi certainly does seem right that all these communities are judging her on her appearance.