[Noisebridge-discuss] modern sexism

[Elizabeth Hubbard]

Here's a good website to illustrate the point that we shouldn't be walking
up to people and saying, "You're this color and have this set of DNA, so
here's what you should think."  http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/types/


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Elizabeth Hubbard <emhubbard28 at gmail.com>wrote:

> So, there's a choosing pool for feminism?  Where do I sign up?  Here I
> thought I was a feminist for the past 20+ years, now I have to go ask
> someone permission.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Alexandra Glowaski <
> alex.glowaski at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Wat.
>>
>> Can we get this off the list?
>>
>> (inb4 free speech: we are not the government; communities are empowered
>> to choose their constituents and set standards for communication.)
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Elizabeth Hubbard <emhubbard28 at gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Not to be a kid about it (most kids don't quite think at this level
>>> yet), but going around telling people how they should identify themselves
>>> according to race and gender is highly ignorant and bigoted.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> kids, please..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -a
>>>>
>>>> On 18 March 2014 13:24, Elizabeth Hubbard <emhubbard28 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Nice to hear you laugh, but I'd never call my mother an asshole.  I
>>>> would
>>>> > call you one three times in a row, though.  Asshole, asshole, asshole.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Lupita Berries <
>>>> garyberries at gmail.com>
>>>> > wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Lol, I'm not your mom, you can stop acting like a child.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:21 PM, Elizabeth Hubbard <
>>>> emhubbard28 at gmail.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> You're a disrespectful and delusional asshole.  I can join whatever
>>>> group
>>>> >>> I want, because I identify as human.  (Says so on my census data.)
>>>>  Maybe
>>>> >>> you don't identify me as human, but you can go mind your own
>>>> business.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Lupita Berries <
>>>> garyberries at gmail.com>
>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> You can do whatever you want, but you can't stop others from
>>>> calling you
>>>> >>>> out as a disrespectful and delusional asshole.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Elizabeth Hubbard
>>>> >>>> <emhubbard28 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >>>>>
>>>> >>>>> I can be a black panther if I want to be.  Maybe a lone black
>>>> panther
>>>> >>>>> in my own home, but my labels are my own choosing and anyone who
>>>> tells me
>>>> >>>>> otherwise is going to get an ironic eyebrow and told to mind
>>>> their own
>>>> >>>>> business.  Our labels are own business.  Co-opting them from
>>>> other people,
>>>> >>>>> not our business.
>>>> >>>>>
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