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Hackers & Hookers costume party - a new low in tech misogyny

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Re: Hackers & Hookers costume party - a new low in tech misogyny

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Post by hablahaha »

chadwickthebold wrote: post #7

I wonder if that place has the correct permits to be hosting large parties.

Yeah... it's not the most beautiful place I've ever seen... I personally wouldn't want to work there, it's about 2 steps down from working in my own home.

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Post by aiiane »

The people behind this really come across as childish, immature, and unprofessional, both in their decision to host the party in question and also in the copy they use on their website:

- "We're a coworking space, but we won't tell you where we are until you leave us a comment."

- "Sign up... or else!"

- "ecosocialtechnological (yes we made this up and are calling dibs on it)"

- "The Coworking Experience..." "Is Cool"

- "No one can do anything without energy, so we provide substance while a good brew as well as water, juice, and other drinks of substances more than just sugar."

- "Then again…Some of us just hang out"

etc.

Re: Hackers & Hookers costume party - a new low in tech misogyny

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Post by anologwintermut »

This is a play on the pimp and hooker balls that some places hold. I was going to say this was merely as misogynistic (or not) as those. I.e. that the change from pimp to hacker was merely done for topicality and alliteration and that depending on what gender role mapped to what, it might be ok. But if you look at the flier, its clear that the artist 1) meant for the programers to be the hackers and the girls to be the hookers and 2) badly conflated the school girl and hooker stereotypes.
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