A Problem With Equality
This post is cross-posted to Tim’s blog on dreamwidth.org. “Most women fight wars on two fronts, one for whatever the putative topic is and one simply for the right to speak, to have ideas, to be...
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During December and January, Geek Feminism is republishing some of our 2012 posts for the benefit of new and existing readers. This post originally appeared on September 5, 2012. This post is...
View ArticleChelsea Manning: on pressing the button
This is a guest post by Abigail Brady. It originally appeared on August 22, 2013 on her blog. Abigail Brady is a software engineer and writer, and has been a Wikipedian since 2003. This piece is under...
View ArticleTrans*H4ck 1.0 – Trans* coders make (their own) history
This is a guest post by Naomi Ceder, who has been active in the Linux and Python communities since… well… for a long time. She has taught programming and Python online, in high schools, at Linux Fests,...
View ArticleIt is easier now that I look like a guy
This is a guest post by Fortister, who prefers to remain otherwise anonymous. This was inspired by a question on Twitter by Dr. Kortney Ziegler: “so much energy focused on women in tech — rightfully so...
View ArticleThe Filter Bubble Is a Misguided, Privileged Notion
nina de jesus is a digital projects librarian on Mississauga land. Interests include digital preservation, information ethics, and long walks on the beach. nina conducts experiments on her life as...
View ArticleI take it wearing cat ears wouldn’t help?
A Twitter friend of mine linked to a cute post that Asana — a startup that makes collaboration software — has on their web site. It’s a joke proposal for furnishing the office with kittens. This is a...
View ArticleNonbinary inclusion in “women’s spaces”
Two different feminists I know recently brought my attention to “On the Design of Women’s Spaces” by Kat Marchán, and I’m grateful to them and to Marchán. The essay provides a useful “hierarchy of...
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