Cross-Posted on Allied.
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Melinda's post on the conference hubub of last week pisses me off.
To take writing like I've done over this last week on the topic of male-only and nearly-only conferences, and to dumb it down to my post about getting your ass on Skype, does me a disservice. And I've worked too hard and am too long in this field to be done a disservice without speaking up about it.
Just for the record, you might want to check out the following if you're here looking for that Skype post. These are Other Things I Wrote Before The Topic Showed Up On BlogHer:
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The Biggest/Smallest Prick Award - wherein I call out by name the makers of some of the stupidest comments of the week.
Your Balls Are In Your Court - wherein I tell me who are my friends and colleagues, Fuck You, for endorsing a conference with (formerly--before we spoke up) 53 men and 1 woman.
Unfuck Stowe Boyd - wherein I tell how a real man might respond to a Fuck You from a woman.
Crunchnotes Comments - wherein I push back against the organizer of Yet Another Men-Only Conference with zero help from the ladies.
MORE LINKS inspired by this discussion over the last several days.:
posted by suw.charman@gmail.com @ 5:00 PM
posted by mgilmartin @ 7:41 AM
posted by chuquet@googlemail.com @ 2:01 AM
posted by clocke @ 12:01 AM
posted by @ 7:37 PM
posted by @ 7:18 PM
posted by pwolff@dijest.com (Phil Wolff) @ 5:35 PM
posted by AKMA @ 8:42 AM
posted by Susan Getgood @ 11:17 PM
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And for the record, Part Deux, I don't consider myself a "feminist," because I have known too many self-identified feminists to inflict harm on women as they wage war against the forces they seek to undo in the name of women. I don't know what kind of "ist" I am -- I think I don't need a label -- but understand that I won't be quiet for a man; I won't be quiet for a women; I won't be quiet for anyone.
Thank you for stopping by.
SKYPE: jeneanesessum (no "s").
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