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Who wants to play Evolutionary Neuro Cognitive Research FAIL?
Let’s all imagine that we’re cognitive neuroscientists and we want to do some “research” about fanfic (why fanfic? nobody knows!) and see if we can get a bunch of womengurlz to support our pet theories...
View ArticleGeek Feminism interviews the OTW’s Francesca Coppa
A couple of weeks ago, we asked you to give us your questions for an interview with Dr. Francesca Coppa, one of the founders of the Organization for Transformative Works. Thanks to those of you who...
View ArticleStudies show that women evolved to linkspam (23rd September 2009)
Mentoring in Open Source communities: What works, what doesn’t? by Esther Schindler over on ITWorld.com features thoughts from Red Hat’s Mel Chua, Dreamwidth’s Denise Paolucci, and Google’s Leslie...
View ArticleBechdelicious geek entertainment of 2009
Inspired by a post of lauredhel’s asking for recent movies that pass the Bechdel test, I wondered if anyone has some recommendations for good recent geeky entertainment that also passes, ideally...
View ArticleA vindication of the rights of linkspam (13th January, 2010)
Barbie.com – I Can Be: Vote for Barbie's next career: 'Computer Engineer' is one of the options. Let's make it happen! How objectification silences women – the male glance as a psychological muzzle:...
View ArticleOn geekitude, hierarchy, and being a snob
Liz Henry’s thoughts on geekitude got me wanting to post my own half-formed thoughts on the topic. (Crossposted from my personal blog at Skud’s suggestion.) Evidently I have the capacity to...
View ArticleHow John Scalzi invented fanfic
So the other day John Scalzi posted on his blog that he is writing a “reboot” of H. Beam Piper’s science fiction novel “Little Fuzzy”. He says: Why did you do this? Because as far as I know it’s...
View ArticleQuick hit: “Mary Sue” policing
Another one bubbling up from our linkspamming hive mind: criticism of “Mary Sue” policing. Mary Sue is a fandom term for a character who is judged to be authorial self-insert and wish fulfilment,...
View ArticleGirly geeky lit
Here’s a bit of a 101 thread with a difference, it’s 101 for women writers, not 101 for feminism. Over at Tiger Beatdown C.L. Minou talks about her transition in reading (which coincided with her...
View ArticleA linkspammer as good as a man (21st June, 2010)
jadelennox gives concrete ways that able-bodied people can fight ableism, on top of or instead of blogging about it. On that note, Anna has founded a transcripts community on Dreamwidth, for...
View ArticleWhat if free and open source software were more like fandom?
This is the second of a two-part post about feminism and the philosophies and vocabularies of “open stuff” (fandom, open source, etc.). Part I is at Crooked Timber, here, and I suggest you read that...
View ArticleI’ll Make Him A Linkspam He Can’t Refuse (24 February 2016)
Only 88 tech startups are run by black women | Sara Ashley O’Brien at CNN Money (17 February): “There are a paltry number of black women running tech startups. And there’s an incredible dearth of...
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