Thanks! Nope, that's just the bot as Jeremy said. The reason I did not do a biography is because I think that's something that should be done all the time, not just on one day, and that yesterday was a good time to show the places where it is not being done... for example the FSF has given 14 out of 14 free software awards to men.
On Wed, October 17, 2012 00:47, Samuel Klein wrote: > Lovely email - Is it intended as an anonymous op ed? > > If you want to celebrate ALD and women in science, I encourage you to > take 15 minutes to update or create a biography celebrating the life > and achievements of someone amazing who you've learned about recently. > > SJ > (briefly at an Ada Lovelace editathon earlier today :) > > On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:15 AM, Students for Free Culture > <[email protected]> wrote: >> **Today is [Ada Lovelace Day][1], a holiday celebrating the achievements >> of women in science, technology, engineering and maths.** >> >> The Free Software Foundation has [a fantastic post][2] up by their new >> campaigns manager, Libby Reinish, about how "even though there are even >> less women in computer science than in other [STEM fields][3], and even >> though the number of women in free software may be even lower than that, >> [...] the free software movement may be uniquely positioned to do >> something about it". >> >> Libby supports this claim with three points: that free software is meant >> to entirely displace proprietary software and therefore needs to reach >> people of all races, physical/mental abilities, sexual orientations, and >> genders; that the free software movement is a community and therefore >> can come together to intentionally create [safer spaces][4] for >> alternative and non-dominant identity groups; and finally that free >> software exists to challenge proprietary and hierarchical power >> structures and therefore needs to align itself with marginalized groups >> in order to of empowering those most disadvantaged in society. >> >> This applies to free culture as well. Free culture is an expansion of >> the free software movement, applying the same ideas critical lens of >> software to technology and media more broadly. Free software is an >> inseparable element of the free culture movement because without it free >> media and free thought is not possible. We expand upon the work of the >> free software movement by also investigating how copyright on all media >> and technology beyond software (for example the structure of the >> internet) plays into privileging some and oppressing others. In order >> for free software and free culture to achieve our goals, we must keep >> Libby's points in mind and frame our work around critical examination of >> power and privilege. >> >> [1]: http://findingada.com/ >> >> [2]: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/happy-ada-lovelace-day >> >> [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STEM_fields >> >> [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe-space >> >> URL: http://freeculture.org/blog/2012/10/17/happy-ada-lovelace-day/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > > > -- > Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > > -- Board of Directors, Students for Free Culture: www.freeculture.org Blog: http://thesilentnumber.me - StatusNet Microblog: http://identi.ca/kxra Email: [email protected] - SMS: +1.617.340.3661 Jabber/XMPP: [email protected] - IRC: kxra @freenode @oftc @riseup
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