Tweet Over a hundred guests came to listen to Anita Sarkeesian yesterday in the auditorium of Umeå School of Architecture. Anita mainly spoke about her project “Tropes vs Women” and its results so far. She also showed a few pieces of, … Continue reading
Tweet So, one day a person decides to take a closer look at how women are portrayed in video games and asks the public to fund the project (if the public finds it important, of course – it is a … Continue reading
Tweet A video caught my attention last week. It positions domestic violence as a game. The video is a screencast of an actual game by a Danish anti-violence NGO who wants to ‘stop the cycle of abuse’ by having players … Continue reading
Tweet I have been looking for figures on the female to male ratio of the blogosphere today when working on an article edit about gendered language in a technology weblog community. I am looking at this more from a community … Continue reading
Tweet /ECT 2007, Linz /ETC is a week long gathering for women interested in technology, art and grass roots activism. At /ETC you can share experiences and search out opportunities for international collaborations through the use of technology and arts. … Continue reading
Tweet E C L E C T I C T E C H C A R N I V A L in Umeå THIS SUMMER HUMLAB WILL HOST AN INTERNATIONAL GATHERING FOR WOMEN INTERESTED IN OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY: Participants will … Continue reading
Tweet You don’t become a woman by adopting a female identity in cyberspace if you are a man in real space. Cyberspace has been seen as the site of certain cross-dressing, or swapping of identities, that can only be phantasmatic … Continue reading
