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Re: Feminist Hacker Barbie

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Post by dijit »

I 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.

Re: Feminist Hacker Barbie

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Post by Alex3917 »

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.

Re: Feminist Hacker Barbie

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Post by amykhar »

Alex3917 wrote: post #3

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 at all true :) We programming moms were raised with Barbies. It's possible to love both.

Re: Feminist Hacker Barbie

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Post by kaonashi »

dijit wrote: post #2

I 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.

> I realise the irony of me pointing this out.

Lewis' law?

Re: Feminist Hacker Barbie

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Post by Shish2k »

dijit wrote: post #2

I 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.

I believe the reason for the title is that #FeministHackerBarbie is trending on twitter associated with this site.

--> https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FeministHackerBarbie&src=typ...

Re: Feminist Hacker Barbie

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Post by robdor »

Alex3917 wrote: post #3

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.

Why is that? My daughters play with barbie dolls and I love that they also have an interest in software development.

Re: Feminist Hacker Barbie

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Post by cwp »

Alex3917 wrote: post #3

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.
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