I have a feeling the kind of parents who (proactively) buy their kids Barbie dolls would probably be horrified if their daughters expressed an interest in software development.
Not true. Some of use are horrified our daughters have expressed an interest in Barbie.
Feminist Hacker Barbie
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#12What the heck is a Feminist Hacker anyway?
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#13What the heck is a Feminist Hacker anyway?
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#14What the heck is a Feminist Hacker anyway?
If we understand a 'Feminist person' to be a person who is a feminist, it follows a 'Feminist hacker' is a hacker who is a feminist.
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#15I dislike the term feminist because despite noble intentions it causes a lot of controversy. could you please call it "computer-engineer-barbie" like the URL suggests? I realise the irony of me pointing this out.
Feminist has a very clear, important meaning.
Don't let anyone corrupt it.
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#16What the heck is a Feminist Hacker anyway?
A feminist hacker is a woman who is not content to be paid a lesser amount to a man for the same work, and will not accept being passed over for work opportunities she is fully capable of.
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#17I have a feeling the kind of parents who (proactively) buy their kids Barbie dolls would probably be horrified if their daughters expressed an interest in software development.
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#18I dislike the term feminist because despite noble intentions it causes a lot of controversy. could you please call it "computer-engineer-barbie" like the URL suggests? I realise the irony of me pointing this out.
Wait, why do the idiots get to win for injecting controversy into the word? Feminist has a very clear, important meaning. Don't let anyone corrupt it.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wait, why do the idiots get to win for injecting controversy into the word? Feminist has a very clear, important meaning. Don't let anyone corrupt it.
If feminists just behaved more to his liking then he'd totally support their efforts.