On Wednesday 08 December 2004 2:39 pm, Telsa Gwynne wrote: > On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 03:43:08PM -0600 or thereabouts, David Moreno Garza wrote: > > On Wed, 2004-12-08 at 10:51 -0800, Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > My article on Debian Women is now posted at: > > > > > > http://os.newsforge.com/os/04/12/03/173216.shtml?tid=2 > > > > I don't know if 'feminists' is the right word for the project... It is > > not the same to call a project as feminist like women-related. > > > > It's like calling 'macho' a man. > > I am not convinced. > > I am fed up of people avoiding the word feminist. Someone this week > told me "oh, you're quite reasonable, but it's the man-hating ones I > don't like; they bring the whole movement into disrepute". > > Argh! To me, it is not about hating men. It is about seeing women > all over the globe get equal access to education, to health care, to > work -- and equal pay for the same job in that work -- and similar > revolutionary sentiments. > > Oh yes. And not to be asked "So where are the sexy female Linux geeks > then?" at LUGs. > > Telsa
Weehaaa! Well said, Telsa. I encourage folks to post supportive responses on Newsforge. It's a good, positive article, and articles like this do a lot of good. You don't have to register to post feedback. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Carla Schroder check out my new book, the "Linux Cookbook", the ultimate Linux user's and sysadmin's guide! http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxckbk/ this message brought to you by Libranet 2.8 and Kmail ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
