<div dir="ltr"><div><div>A wonderful thread!<br><br></div>It reminds me that you all are very good at creating Chaos (that's why I need a dose of noisebridge every now and then), <br>but ranking who is best at it may be sexist, benevolently or not.<br>
</div>So I should probably talk about python instead.<br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUBAx8jbYNs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUBAx8jbYNs</a><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 8:33 AM, jim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim@systemateka.com" target="_blank">jim@systemateka.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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� � In the early 1990s internet relay was new and<br>
getting popular. Among the newly interested were<br>
those with little video cams attached to their<br>
computers (think male in bathrobe at cam).<br>
� � I submitted a writeup of something I discovered<br>
in the IRC sex crowd to what was then my second<br>
favorite web site (my first was <a href="http://paranoia.com" target="_blank">paranoia.com</a>, which<br>
went extinct, the domain name repurposed by some<br>
commercial entity, nothing like the original);<br>
anyway, I got lots of laughs reading the various<br>
Heartless Bitches pages and am proud that they<br>
used and have kept my submission (circa 1993):<br>
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<a href="http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/hotgirl.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/hotgirl.shtml</a><br>
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On Fri, 2013-04-05 at 21:16 -0700, Naomi Most wrote:<br>
> Heh, now you know something of how a lot of us women felt when getting<br>
> on the internet a decade or more ago (and for many, even still). �I<br>
> have been using neutral-gender online handles since 1995.<br>
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> --Naomi aka nthmost aka venix aka 101101 ...<br>
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> On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Garrett Mace <<a href="mailto:garrettmace@gmail.com">garrettmace@gmail.com</a>><br>
> wrote:<br>
> � � � � I'm not happy with the risk that anyone might confuse me with<br>
> � � � � Garrett Smith, since it appears we have some major differences<br>
> � � � � in many viewpoints despite having the same uncommon first<br>
> � � � � name. I am going to come up with a pseudonym to use on this<br>
> � � � � list as I'm no longer comfortable using my own.<br>
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> � � � � --- Garrett Mace, (non-jerk)<br>
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> � � � � On Apr 5, 2013, at 4:22 PM, Lyra <<a href="mailto:elevin@MIT.EDU">elevin@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>
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> � � � � > Naomi, you are of course welcome to keep fighting with him.<br>
> � � � � > I just don't find that fun or useful, so I won't.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > Rachel Lyra! Very true. That being said, we can (and should)<br>
> � � � � > work to improve ourselves and our world simultaneously. It<br>
> � � � � > seems there are different hosts benevolent (or not so)<br>
> � � � � > sexism may reside in and different ways to combat it in each<br>
> � � � � > case.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > For ourselves, the hard part is noticing. This would be made<br>
> � � � � > far easier if it were more socially okay for people to call<br>
> � � � � > us out on such behavior. For example, a friend mentioned to<br>
> � � � � > me that when I used the word 'dick' for a mean person, I was<br>
> � � � � > reinforcing the idea of men being synonymous with jerks. I'm<br>
> � � � � > glad he was comfortable with telling me that, as it gave me<br>
> � � � � > the opportunity to change my behavior in some small,<br>
> � � � � > positive way.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > Rational people whose opinions we care about can be reasoned<br>
> � � � � > with and irrational people who's opinions carry no personal<br>
> � � � � > value can be ignored. But what about people who hold these<br>
> � � � � > beliefs unreasonably and for some reason, their opinion must<br>
> � � � � > be worked around (policy makers, cultural leaders, teachers,<br>
> � � � � > bosses, investors...)?<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > Lyra Rachel Levin<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > Sent en route, pardon the brevity.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > On Apr 5, 2013 4:07 PM, "rachel lyra hospodar"<br>
> � � � � > <<a href="mailto:rachelyra@gmail.com">rachelyra@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> � � � � > � � � � Thanks for this, Lyra! �I think there are a bunch of<br>
> � � � � > � � � � good ways to move forward on issues of embedded<br>
> � � � � > � � � � sexist behaviors. �Ultimately the question of what<br>
> � � � � > � � � � to do next depends on who the speaker is. �We all<br>
> � � � � > � � � � have work we can do within ourselves, and the old<br>
> � � � � > � � � � advice about tending to the beam in one's own eye<br>
> � � � � > � � � � first rings pretty true here. �Sometimes I think the<br>
> � � � � > � � � � most fruitful thing for most of us to do is to<br>
> � � � � > � � � � encourage the normalization of a critical analysis<br>
> � � � � > � � � � and discussion of these issues, as a normal and<br>
> � � � � > � � � � rational part of public discourse.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > � � � � R.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > � � � � On 4/5/2013 4:01 PM, Lyra wrote:<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � So I tend to just write off people like<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � Garrett Smith - their opinion is<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � not useful or valid to me so why waste<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � cycles feeding the trolls?<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � However, Merlin's link on Stereotype Threat<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � clarified what is bad about<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � that behavior. This isn't a small, vocal,<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � but ultimately powerless group<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � that thinks this way. This is a lot of<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � people, some very intelligent,<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � some very powerful.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � Instead of bothering with this �fruitless<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � argument with Garrett, let's<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � look at ways we can combat the source of the<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � problem. Calling people out<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � on unnoticed bad behavior is one way. Pro<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � active and empowering<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � education opportunities are an excellent one<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � too (for adults and<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � especially for children). Further thoughts?<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � Lyra<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � Sent en route, pardon the brevity.<br>
> � � � � ><br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � On Apr 5, 2013 3:46 PM, "Danny O'Brien"<br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � <<a href="mailto:danny@spesh.com">danny@spesh.com</a><br>
> � � � � > � � � � � � � � <mailto:<a href="mailto:danny@spesh.com">danny@spesh.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
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