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By zill222 • 13 years ago

How Non-Engineers can support Women Engineers

This post is in response to the main blog post:

As I and a few others commented the post and the criticism kind of miss the mark on the struggles of women in engineering. Just as Feministing wouldn’t have a post written about one groups struggle be written by a person that has isn’t even involved with that group, this post shouldn’t have been written by some one who isn’t a woman engineering and never has been a woman engineering. When there have been women in STEM post on Feministing a lot of the the responses are “I used to really like Math and science so I have an opinion.” Well that isn’t good enough. The community that is built from academia to industry is really very unique and if you didn’t live you, I am sorry but you really don’t know it. I wish I didn’t have to say the old tired “My lived experience” speech but sadly there we are.

Okay, so on to the point of this post. So you want more women to be engineers but you yourself chose not to be a women engineer. Let me suggest that you 1) Acknowledge that you are speaking as an outsider to this group 2) link to women engineers talking about outreach (there are lots) 3) Pose questions before you propose solutions.
By zill222 • 13 years ago

True Beauty and Pregnant Women

I guess everyone says this…. but let me start by saying I am really not a reality TV show watcher.  I have however been recently fascinated by True Beauty, first because I love Carson Kressley and second because I really hate how mean people are on reality TV and I like seeing people get laid into for it.  I realize that doesn’t make me less of a voyeur just a different sort. 

Anywhooo, in case you aren’t familiar with this particular show, it is a beauty contest of sorts.  A group of men and women are brought to Vegas and told that they are competing to be the “Face of Vegas” for which they will receive some small amount ...

I guess everyone says this…. but let me start by saying I am really not a reality TV show watcher.  I have however been recently fascinated by True Beauty, first because I love Carson Kressley and ...
By zill222 • 13 years ago

Communal Living

I live in a dorm.  I am a graduate student attending a school in an extremely expensive city on an island so housing is extremely, extremely expensive.  Add on cost of food and how little graduate research assistances get paid, the dorm was my best option.  My dorm is not part of the college; it is a private dorm.  It is attached to a Buddhist temple and the majority of the residents are either international students or graduate students or both.  I really like my dorm.  People are nice, it is quiet, it is clean and it is close to everywhere I would want to go.  All the rooms are private rooms.  There are three floors; the top floor is ...

I live in a dorm.  I am a graduate student attending a school in an extremely expensive city on an island so housing is extremely, extremely expensive.  Add on cost of food and how little graduate research ...
By zill222 • 13 years ago

This Post is not About SATC 2

It is about the feminist response to SATC 2. In full disclosure I haven’t seen it yet and I may hate it and I may love it. What I want to say in this post is that I think it is great that the feminist response to this movie and there has been no lack of response to SATC 2. I remember for the first SATC flick the big story was that all the men hated it so much. Here is just a smattering of the buzz in the feminist Blogosphere about SATC 2:
BUST Likes it.
Feministe discussed racism
after a (kind of) defense
I guess I just wish there could ...

It is about the feminist response to SATC 2. In full disclosure I haven’t seen it yet and I may hate it and I may love it. What I want to say in this post ...
By zill222 • 14 years ago

Some times words come out wrong

For those of you on the Bust magazine email list you already got this.  

I guess Jessica (Valenti) did an interview in which it sounded like she called Bust Magazine not feminist and (seemed) to make fun of the DIY movement.

here is the article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/magazine/15fob-q4-t.html

here is the link to Bust’s blog post about it:

http://www.bust.com/blog/2009/11/16/et-tu-jessica-qbust-not-feministq-really.html

although Bust.com seems to be down at the moment.

I say respectfully and without snark:

Jessica, would you like to clarify your statements?

2 things: sometimes in my head I see or hear things from feminists and think to myself “I wouldn’t call them feminists.”  But I know what it is like to be told I am not a feminist/Christian/real woman/what ever I self identify as because I don’t ...

For those of you on the Bust magazine email list you already got this.  

I guess Jessica (Valenti) did an interview in which it sounded like she called Bust Magazine not feminist and (seemed) to make fun ...
By zill222 • 14 years ago

The Path

Yesterday while at the gym I was listening to NPR and I heard this story, about a rather new computer game, The Path.  I am not really a gamer but I did enjoy Myst back in the day and it sounded interesting so I googled it.  I read some reviews and then I ended up downloading the Prologue, which is their substitute for a free demo.  I liked it so a bought the game.  

Warning: Please don’t go buy this game until you read some reviews and at least listen to the npr story.  The NPR story does mention rape as one of the hinted at themes of the game and although I don’t think the interpretation is so literal ...

Yesterday while at the gym I was listening to NPR and I heard this story, about a rather new computer game, The Path.  I am not really a gamer but I did enjoy Myst back in the ...
By zill222 • 14 years ago

Sneak Attack

After Church this morning, while I was standing in line to thank the pastor I saw a small sign on the table that we put information, sign-up sheets, and things like that.  The sign said this:

“Every boy wants to be a hero. He wants to be powerful, he wants to be dangerous, he wants to know … ‘Do I have what it takes?  Conversely, every girl wants to believe that she is captivating and worth fighting for. She wants to know … ‘Am I lovely?’ Only you, Dad, can answer those questions. That makes you the most powerful man in your child’s life. Now with a new cover, this booklet will show that You Have What ...

After Church this morning, while I was standing in line to thank the pastor I saw a small sign on the table that we put information, sign-up sheets, and things like that.  The sign said this:

“Every boy ...

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