Misogynist c plus equality satire project announced and repositories were created on github and bitbucket, with commits impersonating various geek feminists. Links best of the feminist web partners and onsite nonprofits. Thefeministsoftwarefoundation has 2 repositories available. Best practice from a feminist perspective womens house shelta may 2009 page 7 framework an integral part of this critical examination is the importance of using a feminist framework. These 10 online shops are not only backed by an awesomely feminist attitude, but they also stock some of. Feminist majority foundation breaking news, feminism. Cant shake name regret of my 4 year old chippy tea tonight. Dec 15, 20 a project of the feminist software foundation. Its also worth noting that geek feminism is not specific to open source, and covers other fields such as the tech industry at large, science fiction fandom, gaming, skepticism, and other geek fields. A group called the feminist software foundation has accused github of misogyny after it disabled access to a repository containing its first effort. The feminist software foundation is a strawfeminist sockpuppet group created. The feminist majority foundation works for social and political and economic equality for women by using research and education to reduce violence against women, promote abortion rights and birth control access, global womens rights.
Github sexism scandal is really about techs fake meritocracy. As a male developer, sometime bitbucket and github user, and constant atlassian product user, i personally find this satire to be anything but its offensive, hostile, and certainly not helping the conversation the entire tech industry is finally beginning to have about gender inequality and maltreatment of female software engineers. C plus equality is one of their projects, which they describe as satire but which trivialized rape, painted women as irrational, and faked the participation of several women in open source, feminist activists, and writers. For many healthcare professionals who own medical practices during the coronavirus outbreak, concerns have grown over how to pay rent. Shes interested in law and politics, intersectional feminism, criminal justice, human rights, freedom of the press, the law and feminism, and the politics of south asia. Chapter 5 describes the foundations of a theory of choice poetics, and chap ter 6 goes on to. Just because im feminine does not mean im not feminist i have a femmie side and embrace it. Toleranux worlds first tolerant unixlike kernel the feminist software foundation toleranux. Feminist software is a cornerstone of any modern free society. The contributors to this volume were asked to write about key pieces of feminist scholarship that had particularly influenced their sociological thinking. Dec 19, 20 a group called the feminist software foundation has accused github of misogyny after it disabled access to a repository containing its first effort. Feminist software foundation gets grumpy with github or. Apr 07, 2015 12 awesomely feminist tech inventions, from antiharassment apps to games about tampons. This path leads back to the vectors lab and its ongoing efforts at the intersection of theory and praxis.
Sex and sexuality are another frequent topic of discussion. Private practices, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities have faced a massive influx of patients, though revenue has dropped because appointments are. Mar 28, 2014 github sexism scandal is really about techs fake meritocracy. Sign up for your own profile on github, the best place to host code, manage projects, and build software alongside 40 million developers. The feminist software foundation has 2 repositories available. She then asks what it might mean to designfrom conceptiondigital tools and applications that emerge from contextual concerns of cultural theory and, in particular, from a feminist concern for difference. Based in women, gender, and sexuality studies at oregon state university, the editorial team is dedicated to creating an interdisciplinary space of critical inquiry, compassionate response, and. Smash the toxic patriarchy inherent in all computer programming. The genesis of 8th day center for justices 2016 feminist platform is the result of 40 years of promoting womens rights as human rights in both society and church. I could also point to her hypocritical call to get people fired for starring the satirical feminist software foundation github repo, a tweet so low even she eventually deleted it.
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Linus torvalds diversity gaffe brings out the best and. Now hosted on bitbucket, as github proves to be too misogynistic to support a feminist programming language. The polish parliament has indefinitely delayed a final vote on a controversial bill that would almost completely ban abortion in the country. Smash the toxic patriarchy inherent in all computer programming languages a group called the feminist software foundation has accused github of misogyny after it disabled access to a repository containing its first effort. Github is where feministsoftwarefoundation builds software. The apache software foundation asf, one of the granddaddies of.
Feminist print made for nest gallery by alice marwick feminist. Feminist software foundation gets grumpy with github or does it. The question of open source contribution is even less relevant to our contributors who arent even in that field. After a short discussion, the django core team unanimously accepted the change and merged it. The writing on feministing is not exclusively political, but also concerns feminist perspectives and observations from the staffs daily lives. A feminist is any woman who tells the truth about her life. Imagine being the moderator of an online news forum and youre responsible for determining the source publisher of the news article. Thefeministsoftwarefoundation has one repository available. Feminist majority foundation breaking news, feminism from.
Womens resource project email protected women online worldwide. Feminist majority foundation fmf was founded in 1987 by eleanor smeal, peg yorkin, toni carabillo, judith meuli, and kathy spillar. Dec 14, 2016 why selfcare is an important feminist act. The feministsoftwarefoundation has 2 repositories available. The feminist software foundation fsf brings you the worlds first operating system by feminists and for feminists toleranux. I never liked gittip because of how it advertises its top. Dubbed toleranux, the fork, created by a onedayold github account called the feminist software foundation, was announced with a lengthy diatribe full of overthetop mockery of feminist and. Of note is a satirical in the loosest sense of satire project on github by the socalled feminist software foundation, boasting a fork of the core linux kernel revamped to reflect a strawman. Meet the core developers of feminist software foundation. A self identified trap feminist, and trained with a reproductive justice background, her interests include the intersections of feminism and. See more links to feminist sites and blogs in feminist. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. On equality absolutely no coding experience is necessary. I am a feminist, you are a feminist, he is a feminist.
Feminist apparel is a progressive clothing company that makes tshirts, sweatshirts, gifts and accessories in collaboration with independent artists geared towards individuals looking to spread and host necessary conversations. For over a dozen years, the vectors lab has experimented with digital scholarship through its online publication, vectors, and through scalar, a multimedia authoring platform. Sign up scripts to deal with multiple ogar servers plus self made daemon like script for servers restarting. Important aspects characters how does this differ from the collegium frame. The feminist software foundation has no activity during this period. Polands current abortion laws, some of the strictest in europe, only allow abortions in cases of rape or incest, danger to the pregnant persons life, or severe fetal impairment. Adaptable, open, and responsive inclusive and collaborative processes collaborative, connected leadership shared power open communication dr. Nature has listed her in 2016 in the top ten people that mattered in science, ars technica has compared her to aaron swartz, and the new york times has. Satirical linux kernel fork on open source diversity, conceptualized by tech. Why is it that the image of a feminist is so often misconstrued. Apr 23, 2015 well, in my circle, which consists mostly of csit engineers, github is still not as famous as facebook or twitter or even quora. Have you also applied to other bodies for funding for your project. Trigger warning, this repository uses satire and sarcasm and other types of humor that could trigger feminazis into rage fits. How about noirin plunketts defamation lawsuit, for which she is soliciting money on gittip.
They must be brought onto the right side of history, and toleranux is. A feminist framework locates violence against women and children. So, as a pro feminist, i act in support of feminism and work to eliminate the injustices women experience. We talk a lot about selfcare at bustle, particularly in the context of managing mental health, as its often very. This is a list of wellknown incidents of sexism, harassment, or other occurrences relevant to the discussion of women and feminism in geek communities. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Today, shes at the helm of a successful app that puts women in. Essentially, you poke fun at feminism, github will take it down. In may 2014, a contributor submitted a pull request that removed references to the problematic terms master and slave from the django codebaseat first suggesting leader and follower as replacements, but settling on primary and replica shortly thereafter. The following courses will be helpful in completing this case study. Continue cleaning up the mediawiki formatting 64759b2e. Weve put together some of the best feminist links, articles, book titles, and partnerships youll find online.
Forking, in coding lingo, is when you take software in a new direction. Each purchase helps grow our 10% charitable endofyear donation. Feminist software foundation geek feminism wiki fandom. Notes on the book clean code a handbook of agile software craftsmanship by robert c. Feminist software foundation c plus equality bitbucket.
Sign in sign up instantly share code, notes, and snippets. Domestic violence and child protection home wesnet. Sexism in the technology industry is occupational sexism in the technology industry. Martin thezenapproach javascript styleguide, can be applied to other things as well. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Feminist formations seeks robust feminist scholarship, visual art, and poetry that can inspire incisive and politically meaningful analyses and action. The feminist majority foundation online features daily feminist news, issues of sex discrimination, abortion and birth control, domestic violence, sexual assault.
Unlike many other themes, ultimo lets you create multiple custom subthemes theme variants for your clients. Contribute to the feministsoftwarefoundationdicss development by creating an account on github. Github have just censored toleranux a linux fork by. Meeting the enemy a feminist comes to terms with the mens rights movement cassie jaye. The official github repo was eventually disabled by staff because of complaints. Im sure we all agree that free operating systems are too important to be left in the hands of cis white males. The feminist software foundation is the worlds first truly feminist programming organisation.
One reader from germany, citing the fsfes controversial statement richard stallman resigns as president of the free software foundation. Dec 19, 20 the feminist software foundation is the worlds first truly feminist programming organisation. In addition, the editors invited major feminist scholars to comment and reflect upon the articles in each section. Use ultimo as a starting point for your custom projects.
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