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Probably worth mentioning that the hula hoop dancing happened at a Github party with a lot of people not from Github. It was also super badass hula hooping, not
by anthonyshort 13y ago
Probably worth mentioning that the hula hoop dancing happened at a Github party with a lot of people not from Github. It was also super badass hula hooping, not just regular dancing. Everyone was looking, men and women, because it was pretty awesome.
- Udo 13y agoThis info makes the last item of the article even more bizarre. I'm starting to think this was reported inaccurately by TC. Maybe she was really referring to a separate incident that happened at the hula dancing event, an incident we don't have any information about. Otherwise, this makes no sense.
- kyberias 13y agoIt makes all the sense when you consider the possibility that she might be a person that specifically collects even the smallest pieces of evidence to support her theories of sexism and bigotry in the workplace.
- waterhouse 13y agoOr that the TechCrunch reporter is writing the story at a certain angle, and asked for anything that could fit into that narrative. I think that, in the context of a certain sort of modern journalism, a version of Hanlon's razor is called for: "Never attribute to ideological slant that which is adequately explained as linkbait and sensationalism."
- pron 13y agoSexism in tech companies is a fact whether this "smallest piece of evidence" supports it or not.
- kyberias 13y agoOf course. It is also a fact in every single community of a certain size because there's always a number of that have sexist behavior.
- mtrimpe 13y agoHe probably just asked what the straw was that broke the camel's back. They tend not to be all that huge, being straws and all.