Spark: a few sparks of feminism
Posted by xJane on June 29th, 2009 at 6:06 am · 4 Comments
I may be late to the party on some of these, but I thought they were worth sharing around:
Someone cut together Buffy and shots of Edward Cullen from Twilight to show us how the movie should have gone. Watch it at full screen for the full effect and stay tuned through the end to see the unfortunately-necessary disclaimer.
A female geek (they exist?! *gasp!*) laments the fact that the gaming industry acts like she doesn’t exist or wants crappy games. As a similar geek, I sympathize. Also? Great quote:
I spent years thinking I didn’t like women, because the only people I could find who shared my hobbies were men. Later on, I realized that, no, an awful lot of the women I had previously discounted had shared my hobbies as well, but we were all so busy proving to the guys that we were one of the guys that we had alienated each other.
Me, too, sister.
The difference between networking for women and the good ol’ boy’s club and how the former is not discriminatory.
Barbara Boxer is my new hero[ine].
Tags: Feminism · Spark
4 responses so far ↓
1 sarah k. // Jul 4, 2009 at 4:34 pm
“No, you know what I feel? Bored!”
That’s the best appropriation of Buffy I’ve ever seen. And so apt.
2 Women Who Are Awesome & Remind Me That I Am, Too | Mind on Fire // Jul 8, 2009 at 3:32 am
[...] Spark: a few sparks of feminism [...]
3 xJane // Jul 8, 2009 at 3:34 am
More from the female geek.
4 JohnW // Jul 14, 2009 at 3:36 pm
The CA NOW article, “Why stuff like the LA Times’ “Girls Guide to Comicon” Bugs me” was awesome.
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