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Linkspam smash! (13 November, 2012)

Why We Judge Sexual Harassment Victims, PLUS The Time I Got Drive-By Oinked At | xoJane: “Because we believe that we’d aggressively defend ourselves when harassed, we tend to look down on those who do...

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All those linkspams will be lost in time (8 January 2013)

Why do you write strong female characters?: “The heart of the question implies that if a male character is ‘strong’ that’s to be expected, because boys and men are strong. Normal. Default. Go about...

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The Velveteen Linkspam (13 Aug 2013)

“If I Can’t Have a Hugo Fan Award, Then No One Can!”: “This campaign to dismantle the Hugo Fan Awards lest they fall into enemy fans is not just toxic, selfish and reprehensible, it is an attempt to...

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Is there life on linkspam? (21 March 2014)

Reason #140 Why Sexist Bullshit in Academia is Not Okay | Isis the Scientist (March 21): ”Professor Righetti is continuing to publish his hilarious graphical abstracts and I suspect it is but a matter...

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Great links, less spamming (27 February 2015)

 You’re Excluding Stories By Straight, White, Cis Men? J’accuse! J’accuse! | K Tempest Bradford (February 22): “Reading only women for a year takes some thought and effort. And if you do that, people...

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Wednesday Geek Woman: Carrie Patel, Author and Game Designer

Photo courtesy of Carrie Patel Carrie Patel writes both prose fiction and video games. Her short fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her first novel is out this week from Angry Robot...

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Linkspam Directory Access Protocol (25 August 2015)

  TechFestNW: Zoe Quinn on turning her body into a cyborg lab | Malia Spencer at Portland Techflash (21 August): “Quinn, an independent video game reviewer (many know her as one of those harassed in...

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Eat, pray, linkspam (2 September 2015)

[Video] Maggie Nelson, GitHub Director of Infrastructure Engineering: “Maggie Nelson, Director of Infrastructure Engineering at GitHub, shares her story at the GitHub Girl Geek Dinner on August 19,...

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Kickstarting a responsible communication stylebook as community infrastructure

I haven’t been writing very much on Geek Feminism in the last year – most of us haven’t. I’ve also slowed down on posting to my personal blog. And one reason is that when I think about writing anything...

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GF-ish sessions at Penguicon this weekend

This weekend, April 28-30, people coming to Penguicon in Southfield, Michigan can catch a number of sessions of interest to Geek Feminism readers. Coraline Ada Ehmke is one of the Guests of Honor (her...

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