On 12 July 2012 14:25, Laura Czajkowski <la...@lczajkowski.com> wrote: > On 12/07/12 14:11, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 12 July 2012 14:01, Laura Czajkowski <la...@lczajkowski.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 12/07/12 13:55, Liam Proven wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> However, she is young, female, appears to be quite geeky and has >>>> moderately large breasts, which has ensured her a considerable popular >>>> following. I'm not one of them. >>> >>> Liam there are numerous other ways to describe the work she's done and >>> the >>> audience she attracts. You may not agree with her explanations but she >>> has a >>> wide following and has encouraged many new users to try Ubuntu, >>> applications >>> an lots more as she is young and smart. Lets focus on her brain and not >>> other areas shall we!! >> >> I was trying to summarise what I see as a fairly core weakness and >> also her main appeal, while trying to *avoid* using sexist language, >> actually. >> >> I have not seen much of her stuff, but what I have seen has been light >> on content and poorly-presented. I suspect that her appeal is based >> almost entirely on her gender and appearance. >> > Maybe you're right and this is why they start watching her, but that doesn't > negate the fact that she gets people interested in Ubuntu and feeling like > they're involved and a basis for learning things. They also stay around and > get involved many contribute and get more involved thanks to her videos. > It's also really easy to say "she's attractive geeky and smart" without > mentioning breasts.
I do rather feel I am being criticised for something I tried hard to avoid doing here. At any rate, I was *not* going to say anything like her being "attractive, geeky and smart" because: [a] I don't think she *is* attractive; I think her appeal lies in being, as I said, young, female, busty & wearing tight or low-cut tops. [b] I have no actual evidence that she is geeky; I think it may just be a calculated move to appear so in order to win fans; I see no sign of real understanding of what she's discussing in what I've seen. [c] smart, she may or may not be; I have no basis to judge. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Tel: +44 20-8685-0498 • Cell: +44 7939-087884 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
