Dakota Surmonde wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, J B wrote:
>
> > dish the graveyard off on Miranda because she is a woman, I think it is
>
> in part -- but pitr specifically says 'she is evil and belongs to the
> night' (now if memory serves, he says the same thing when he meets her,
> because she
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:46:32 -0500 (EST), Cat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I have the power ... if *GraySkull*!!! Ha, ha. I loved He-man and
>She-ra when I was little, although I like She-ra better because se
>was a girl. What was BattleCat's name when he wasn't BattleCat? And
>what was it that
On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, J B wrote:
> dish the graveyard off on Miranda because she is a woman, I think it is
in part -- but pitr specifically says 'she is evil and belongs to the
night' (now if memory serves, he says the same thing when he meets her,
because she groks unix) so I think the gender is
Some background for people who don't read userfriendly:
Miranda is an supergeek... very knowledgable, and female...
now before I get lambbasted(b) I'll admit that they may be picking on
her because a>she's newist or b>she isn't there to defend herself...
(btw the thing that confuses me the mo
curious wrote:
>
> I've never realy understood why men (usualy subconciously)
> continuiously group together against women...
> Women often times seem to get unessarly marked as "the other"...
> which is something that realy irks me at times, because we are all
> people... I do b
> But I also liked My little ponies, and Barbies to some extent. I was a
> my little pony freak. :) I played He-man and voltron, and "little dolls"
> as well as my little ponies with my brother. That's what brothers are
> for, so you have an excuse to play with the cool toys... :)
My little
More babbles from curious :) this is mostdefinatly on topic :)
btw: if there is no "RE:" in the subject of my message and don't like
reading random views by some freak male... please skip said messages :)
(press "d" in pine :) ) and if you want to have fodder to use against me
if I ever run for p
>When I was 9-12 years old (late 70's, early 80's),..
>Maybe the social consequences for being a geek are worse for women than for
>men. The male geeks were pretty marginalized in high school, but beyond
>that they found this whole male-centered geek culture waiting for them...
>The women ki
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Scott Strobele wrote:
>On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Constructive bitchiness. And a willingness to take the word 'bitch' as a
>> compliment.
>> (Oh? You're saying I've learned not to defer to assholes? Why thank you!)
>
>bitch?
>BITCH?!?
>
>B abe
>I n
>T ota
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Cat wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Di Gregory wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > > I ended up being a Transformer for Halloween (Voltron, specifically :),
> > > and ended up being teased even more.. this is probably when I started
> >
> > Hey! Voltron wasn't a transformer... Transformers
On Thu, Nov 04, 1999 at 11:34:25AM -0800, Amber Fechko wrote:
>
> This reminds me of myself. :) When I was younger, I absolutely
> /loved/ the Transformers, both the comic books and the TV series. I'd get
> up to watch it with my brother.. all the while being teased by both my
> parents and my
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Di Gregory wrote:
>
>
> > I ended up being a Transformer for Halloween (Voltron, specifically :),
> > and ended up being teased even more.. this is probably when I started
>
> Hey! Voltron wasn't a transformer... Transformers I thought were kind of
> dumb because they were
> I ended up being a Transformer for Halloween (Voltron, specifically :),
> and ended up being teased even more.. this is probably when I started
Hey! Voltron wasn't a transformer... Transformers I thought were kind of
dumb because they were easy to figure out how it transformed. Voltron was
On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Deidre L. Calarco wrote:
> When I was 9-12 years old (late 70's, early 80's), I used to love comic
> books, especially Batman. I got teased mercilessly about it by my parents
> and their friends. Finally, I stopped reading them. I still liked them, but
> people had made i
At 09:56 AM 11/04/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>
>When I was 9-12 years old (late 70's, early 80's),..
>Maybe the social consequences for being a geek are worse for women than for
>men. The male geeks were pretty marginalized in high school, but beyond
>that they found this whole male-centered geek
> There is a curious thing about electronic communication for me. One is that,
> for some unknown reason it became ingrained in my head as very informal.. Ask
> Sherry Turtle. :) For example my zine writing often ends up too formal, in an
> environment where informality is treasured. My record rev
> Yeahyou're not the only one -- it's surprising (or maybe not) how many
> people, when confronted with white skin over asian bone structure, think
> (and say, aregh) 'down's syndrome' -- i still get the comment from time to
> time, but never *after* I open my mouth and my friends all think
>
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
> On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 10:07:27 -0500, Steve Kudlak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >In fact I am one of the sloppiest English writers known Especially
> >when I am tired. SPell corrector what's that? So have fun and
> >enjoy. Even if it turns into surrealistic poetry at t
On Tue, 2 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Constructive bitchiness. And a willingness to take the word 'bitch' as a
> compliment.
> (Oh? You're saying I've learned not to defer to assholes? Why thank you!)
bitch?
BITCH?!?
B abe
I n
T otal
C ontrol of
H erself/Himself
This is an acronym, yo
On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 10:07:27 -0500, Steve Kudlak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>In fact I am one of the sloppiest English writers known Especially
>when I am tired. SPell corrector what's that? So have fun and
>enjoy. Even if it turns into surrealistic poetry at times!!!.
Ever consider that this mig
J B wrote:
> >I'm new to this list, and have been lurking for a week or so. This >is my
> >first post, though. I'm not a native English speaker (I'm a >Swedish
> >speaking Finn, just like Linus :-) so please forgive me if I >abuse your
> >language ;-)
>
> Welcome! Don't worry about abusing the
> I was talking with some of my FTM geek friends about ID'ing with
> women-born-women geeks. He and I both shared stories of having to
> fight the "boys" for time on the machines at school (during the
> mid eighties, when small schools were lucky to have 4 apple ]['s),
> and of having not been all
>I'm new to this list, and have been lurking for a week or so. This >is my
>first post, though. I'm not a native English speaker (I'm a >Swedish
>speaking Finn, just like Linus :-) so please forgive me if I >abuse your
>language ;-)
Welcome! Don't worry about abusing the language...there ar
Hi everybody!
I'm new to this list, and have been lurking for a week or so. This is my
first post, though. I'm not a native English speaker (I'm a Swedish
speaking Finn, just like Linus :-) so please forgive me if I abuse your
language ;-)
I really enjoy reading the views on female geek issues,
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