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Screenshot of the section of the libuv pull request comments. In it, bnoordhuis comments: Sorry, not interested in trivial changes like that. User coderanger comments: +1 for merging this change. Alex, who opened the request, comments: I'm sorry to hear that. I don't really see why you wouldn't merge it if it's so trivial though. Surely making the library less hostile is worth a few seconds of our time to press the merge button?
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Gendered Language: Feature or Bug in Software Documentation?

by Tim Chevalier on February 24th, 2014
How open source enforces male domination through shaming and hostility.
McElroy, the author of this piece, at a protest, holding a megaphone.
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Tech Workers and the Eviction Crisis

by Erin McElroy & Kelsey Gilmore-Innis on February 24th, 2014
A look at new technology projects combating Bay Area speculation, plus the role and responsibilities of tech workers within local communities.
The Author's re-creation of her childhood 'Super Mom' drawing, described above.
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Your Marriage Will Fail

by Alicia Liu on February 24th, 2014
The Hidden Realities of Leaning In
Three workers, in blue shirts and name badges, talking to one another in an empty Apple store.
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Why Do We Only Care About Programmers?

by Hannah Howard on February 24th, 2014
We Need to Expand the Tech Diversity Conversation
A photo of the Double Union workspace. The floors are shiny, cement and a large square white table with a few chairs is in the center of the shot. On white shelves on the walls are plants, sewing equipment, and various supplies. A red workbench and plastic tubs full of tools are lined up near the walls.
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The Rise of Feminist Hackerspaces and How to Make Your Own

by Liz Henry on February 3rd, 2014
Building community spaces, a brief history of feminist organization in tech, and what comes next.
This sketchnote is shown within an open notebook. It is black and white, and titled: Jen Myers, Developers Can't Design. It has a sketch of the speaker saying: I am a designer - One who thinks about the making of things. It has a progressive flow of how design works, with small sketches of users along the way, and questions that illustrate how to think about the design process: What emotion or personality are you communicating? Ask why. Do you do wireframes? On the opposite page, the sketchnote lays out: The Basic Tenants of Design. This includes repetition, which shows a number of small flowers lined up; balance, which shows two small dinosaurs next to each other; emphasis, which shows a dinosaur roaring; contrast, which shows a progression of increasingly dark tiles; and negative space, which shows stars in the sky and an arrow pointing to the space between them. Then there is an image of a person in a computer screen, reaching outside of the monitor with the title: The digital native designer. The sketchnote concludes with a sketch of a wireframe and the text: If you consider these the whole time… You can't just refactor design. In the very bottom there are a few people gathered around a box with a question mark, but what they are saying can't be made out.
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Amplifying Voices

by Alexis Finch on February 3rd, 2014
When every speaker on stage is a white guy, doing sketchnotes of what they're saying looks like betrayal.
Five Indigenous women standing next to each other smiling. They are from tribes across Montana and wearing powwow regalia called jingle dresses. All have two braids, and beadwork in the form of hair ties, leggings, moccasins, neckties, belts, and earrings.
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There is No “We”: V-Day, Indigenous Women and the Myth of Shared Gender Oppression

by Lauren Chief Elk-Young Bear on February 3rd, 2014
The problem with the framing of sexualized violence as an issue that hurts all women equally is that it erases the experiences of Indigenous women.
Richards, the author, is taking a self portrait wearing Glass, with the backdrop of a conference. She is grinning.
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Google Glass: Flipping the Script on Small Talk

by Adria Richards on February 3rd, 2014
How introverts can enjoy being social with technology. (Hint: It doesn’t involve looking down at your phone)
Picture of a small robot with rubber tank tread wheels and a circuit board on top.
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Three Questions on the Hardware Revolution

by Julia Grace on February 3rd, 2014
Julia Grace on How to Hack Your World
A screenshot of The Nation's article on Toxic Twitter Feminism as it appears on their website. A tiny magazine in the top corner shows that this article was on the front page of the print subscription.
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In Defense of Twitter Feminism

by Suey Park & David J. Leonard on February 3rd, 2014
Call-out culture, gentrification on social media and the politics of feminist discourse online.

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