Tag Archives: Technology
It’s 2013. Let’s end ‘booth babes’ for good
Tweet Woman of the future, when perhaps one can present technology and also simultaneously not be objectified. Scene: It’s the year 2137. The world is doing pretty well. Hoverboards have gone out of style almost as quickly as they came in, surprising a lot of people. UGGs inexplicably live on in popular conceptions of fashion, [...]
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The Academic Feminist: Virginia Eubanks on Feminism, Technology, and Activism
TweetWelcome back, Academic Feminists! This month’s interview features Virginia Eubanks, who teaches in the Department of Women’s Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Virginia is the author of Digital Dead End: Fighting for Social Justice in the Information Age, and the cofounder of two grassroots community organizations focused on making technology serve social and [...]
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Speaking of rape jokes…
Tweet*Trigger warning* I appreciate all of the conversation happening around LOLZRapeGate2012. I really do. Never has there been such a potent mix of characters – somehow strange and stereotypical — thrown into the same spotlight. Daniel Tosh, bloggers, rapists, Louis CK, Jon Stewart, Sarah Silverman, humorless feminists, and hilarious feminists alike are all finding themselves [...]
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Yahoo names Google executive Marissa Mayer as new CEO
TweetYahoo made a major announcement yesterday, naming Google executive Marissa Mayer as their new president and CEO. Mayer – Yahoo’s fifth CEO in as many years – is one of the most well known women in tech and business and the move came as a huge surprise even though she has a stellar reputation in [...]
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The Feministing Five: Reshma Saujani