BurningbirdExcellent 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 […]
AKMA’s recent flirtation with breaking the law by using the open WiFi outside of the library has been Slashdotted. Contrary to many Slashdot stories, this one is amazingly free of invective, and has some very thoughtful responses. In particular, when the story was submitted, the writer made specific mention of AKMA’s profession: A policeman approached him and […]
This week is the RNC, which probably accounts for why we’re subjected to yet another post asking the question, Where are the female political bloggers — a male epiphany that seems to occur with surprising regularity. This particular writing was by Matt Stoller, a prominent liberal weblogger who is responsible for the site, Blogging the President. I […]
Kevin Hayden had some nice things to say about yours truly and other webloggers. I was especially thankful for his kind compliments on my photography. I was taken back, though, when he introduced me as a member of blogs that are, “Good reads, even if apolitical”; especially considering that several of my posts in the last several […]