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by juridatenshi 6y ago
> In September, Cirne told employees that Beloved in Christ will aid victims of the wildfires that burned more than 1 million acres across Oregon. He mentioned his personal, religious charity at work and targeted it at all employees as p
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by juridatenshi 12y ago
I see you've found the strawfeminists. http://www.harkavagrant.com/?id=341 HSSSSSSSSSS!
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
::looks at responses to @defunkt's twitter post:: 1) it appears to be a pretty even mix of men and women responding positively. 2) a huge number of the people who responded positively (male and female) are in fact software engineers, s
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
Being respectful of diverse groups of people and technical ability are not mutually exclusive.
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
1. Meritocracy is a myth. This is probably worth a read. http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/you-keep-using-that-word/ 2. Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. That does not mean they are free from consequen
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
You keep using the term "lynch mob." I do not think that means what you think it means.
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
There have been some studies that indicate these sorts of jokes may increase negative behaviors towards women, such as victim blaming. This is troubling because even if these jokes don't inspire someone to rape or assault someone, they may
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
That's because (hopefully) if you find them distasteful you're not the sort of person who thinks violence against women is awesome. The thing is, there are people out there who do think it is awesome. They tend to have a very different re
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
Jokes like this can and do contribute to a culture where violence against women is a very real and regular thing. Regularly joking about how hilarious it is to beat and rape women normalizes it to a degree and encourages those who already t
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
A huge number of the examples are encouraging raping, beating to a bloody pulp, and/or murdering women. The issues with them goes well beyond being offended. However, I'm guessing arguments about rape culture are unlikely to sway you if you
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
Yes, it's become so hard to be a man at tech conferences. They're so filled with hate for men that one could describe it as misandry. Did the feminazis also steal your ice cream?
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
If you're talking about many MRA groups, people would likely have a problem because they're considered hate groups by regarded organizations like the Southern Poverty Law Center. Additionally, it's not like we have a dearth of men in progra
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
Definitely. I'm excited they're doing this, and I think it is useful. :) The comment about hiring was mostly an aside as something else I wish they were taking more active efforts with in addition to efforts like this one.
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
Agreed with you about the donations. Tangentially, it would be cool if GitHub had more diversity in their software engineering staff - that is something they have control over.
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by juridatenshi 13y ago
Blinding combined with active outreach to get more people to submit to a CFP has helped several conferences improve their numbers. GoGaRuCo is the one that immediately comes to mind.
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
There is some limited info from the CDC below. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5920a3.htm
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
My anecdata on this is that level of stigma varies a lot based on the mental illness involved. Some mental illnesses (e.g. schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder) appear to be labeled very harshly by our culture an
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
The shit last week absolutely scared some people. Some of us are steeled to get even louder because of it, but others were seriously considering being less visible or even dropping out. I'm not sure what the long-term effects will look like
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
This is all easy for you to say considering the privilege you mention. These things are academic to you. They are a real lived experience for some of us. Also, I'm not terrified of drinking events at conferences. It's not like it's this sup
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
The intent of my blog posts (there's a few in the series) was to share my personal experiences and feelings. Not to explicitly label them as sexism or say everyone must share those feelings or say "hey you, you better go fix this" or any ot
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
My feelings about drunk people at conferences parties varies depending on a lot of factors. Am I there alone or am I there with friends? Do I know some of the people in attendance or am I isolated? Is it in a dark or well-lit location? How
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
You're reading an awful lot into my sentence. You may want to think about why that is.
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
I didn't claim the comment was sexist in my post. I said that it was a regular reminder that speakers don't consider me (and other demographics) part of their audience. The thing is, I've never heard a woman speaker make a similar joke abou
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
As mentioned in the post, I don't work there anymore. It's worth noting that this isn't the first bad experience I've had at a workplace (see other post [1]). Also, several of the things I mentioned have nothing to do with work, so a new jo
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
I was alluding to groups (in person or online) that are limited to only a specific minority audience, usually with the intent of creating a space where those people will feel safe to speak freely. For example, the Devchix mailing list is on
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
That's an incredibly misleading title based on what the conference's post about the topic actually says. It sounds like the conference organizers asked to cancel the talk after feedback from the Ada Initiative and discussion with Violet Blu
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
It's her twitter handle and looks like it's one she's been using for a good long while. Pretty sure she's just signing her work. Your comment reads a lot like a tone argument. That type of discourse is derailing and generally unproductive.
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
If you have to preface your comments with "I am not sexist," there's probably something sexist about the words that are going to follow. You're hitting a lot of the derailing for dummies points here...
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
Well, this all sounds sufficiently horrifying and terrible.
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by juridatenshi 14y ago
It might be a contributing factor, but I doubt it's the only thing going on. There was an interesting study recently showing a gender bias in academic science [1]. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/09/14/1211286109.abst...

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