Over the past year of PyCon, #sciox, and other gender
imbalance/harassment/sexism discussions that I've seen on Twitter and
blogging, I've run into a few posts on these matters that stood out to
me in terms of clarity, logic, and/or good instruction for me. I'm
sharing them below because I think they're really good, and because
it's time to get them out of my inbox ;).
I'd welcome pointers to other good posts that have affected readers
personally.
The comment section of this blog post isn't the place for critical
discussion of these issues, however; I'm just interested in spreading
the word about these (and other) good posts. So, I plan to moderate
stricly and ruthlessly.
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The Distress of the Privileged, by Doug Muder.
This post brought the concept of "privilege" and "distress" home to me
in a really useful way. I've read plenty of other explanations but this
one stuck in my memory.
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Mixed Up, by Kathleen Raven.
What I "like" about this post (as in, what makes it super excellent) is
that all of the things on the list are inappropriate and indefensible in
a professional setting.
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On TRUCEConf, by Jacob-Kaplan
Moss.
To quote, """TRUCEConf continually mentions "both sides". What exactly
are these two sides? (Spoiler alert: they don't exist.)"""
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--titus
p.s. See note about comments, above. Feel free to send me your own
blog post links if you have comments or want to start a discussion.
There are comments.