Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Years ago I watched a movie that would have such a profound effect on me, that I could later flag memories by their occurrence in time before or after this event. The movie was To Kill a MockingBird, starring Gregory Peck. Unfortunately, the local library didn’t stock the book, so […]
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The importance of supporting diversity
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The Quiet One
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Dorothea wrote two related articles recently, The Sickening Grunch and Running with it. The Sickening Grunch focused on the term ‘sexy’, and the whole scene of being made into a sex object by those who are, bluntly, the product of much in-breeding. Though there is much that I agree with in this […]
Dictionary.com – Sexism: attitudes, conditions, or behavior promoting stereotyping of social roles based on gender. Merriam-Webster Online – Sexism: behavior, conditions, or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex With regards to the Say what post and the one on Doc screwed the Pooch, I said specific statements were sexist, or more properly, examples […]
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Jamie and the Reality Test
Regardless of the motives, I think that Jamie Lee Curtis’ recent photo shoot was terrific. She’s showing that in the battle with gravity, gravity ultimately wins. She also shows that it’s time to blow the hell out of our fixation on having perfect bodies. It’s easy to feel beautiful when the world looks at you in approval […]
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Outside even among the outsiders
Recovered from the Wayback Machine. Warning: Big time rant. Male/Female thing. Read at own risk. Being a woman trying to find a place among the techie guys isn’t easy, particularly since the areas of technology of interest to me rarely have other women participants. Don’t have to believe me, take a look at the RSS-Dev […]