I’ve been holding off doing this, I don’t feel like I have any new to say but given the Wincon related discussion and an incident at work recently it seems better to speak than not to.


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Celebrating the fabulous (almost entirely female) coders of the AO3 for Ada Lovelace Day - celebrating the achievements of women in technology and science.

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Last year Australia's 'biggest musical democracy' had a disappointing amount of female singer/songwriters represented.

This is your chance to help change that.
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I love our annual summer picnic in the park to see Shakespeare performed. No offence to Shakespeare WA who were doing a great job but I couldn't face watching Kate get tortured.
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Are technically expressions of praise, congratulations or encouragement and I'm all for developing the ability to respond to genuine offers with grace. It can however be a bit rough when you're being complimented for things you don't want to be complimented on because it puts you in the difficult position of kind of wanting to produce a gracious ( Read more... )

This week I delivered what I hope was a reasonably comprehensible version of the ‘You got told what you did was inappropriate/sexist/racist, and then you made it about your hurt feelings (and this is a problem)’ talk.

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• Nellie McKay sings with sparkling humor - 'Feminists' and 'If I Had You'
• Isabella Allende tells tales of passion - and the Olympics and women
• Marjora Carter speaks on urban renewal - 'Greening the ghetto'
• Jayne Pointer: Life in Biosphere 2
• Sylvia Earle talks about protecting our oceans

Weirdly, Emma Thompson signing the save Polanski from justice petition distresses me more than say, David Lynch or Martin Scorsese.

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Hello world, please stop telling women we'll only get justice if we get assaulted by someone unpopular. I think this is the first time all the women I've talked to at work have ever aligned on the same issue.

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