BurningbirdThe importance of supporting diversity
I tried to watch the movie, “The Magdalene Sisters” but had to stop, not because the movie was bad but because the movie made me so angry. If you’re unfamiliar with these spots from hell, they were convents run by the Catholic Church in several countries, and devoted to the ‘penance’ of wayward women. In them, […]
Recovered from the Wayback Machine from today, played back from memory “So, who are you voting for? Kerry or Bush?” “I’m going to write in McCain.” “Why? That’s throwing your vote away.” “I don’t really care for either Bush or Kerry.” “But McCain’s not running, that will throw your vote away.” “I like McCain. I […]
Several webloggers have been focusing on the use of language in weblogs and how this can form an exclusionary barrier to women (see Body and Soul, des femmes, and Feministe (as well as here)). I remember when I brought this up as an issue with Doc Searls and got slapped down rather royally. It’s good to see the issue being raised by […]
Excellent find this morning through the Livejournal Reader’s List (something you may want to check out): Ampersand re-posted one of his more popular essays last week, giving a list based on male privilege. It includes among the many items listed the following: 6. If I do the same task as a woman, and if the measurement is at all […]
For all the times I’ve been critical of O’Reilly about the lack of women participants at the company’s events, I now find myself needing to speak up in support of the organization generally and Tim O’Reilly specifically. At Misbehaving, Liz Lawley noticed that the number of female participants at FooCamp was only 10% of the total. However, I know […]