Re: [issues] The format of a resume.

2000-04-12 Thread Kirrily 'Skud' Robert
I wrote an article on recruiters and linux on Linuxtoday's local site. I've got a copy at http://netizen.com.au/~skud/writing/ if anyone's interested. It even has a hint for dealing with MS-Word-loving recruiters. K. -- Kirrily Robert -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://netizen.com.au/ Internet a

Re: [issues] Useful(?) link?

2000-04-16 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
nd correctly) is an all-women university. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ Ask the next question. Keep on asking questions and don't stop, and sooner or later you'll be asking intelligent ones. If you live long enough. _

Re: [issues] "Female Hackers Battle Sexism [...]"

2000-06-11 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
Fan, Laurel wrote: > >This is just one instance in the larger issue of widespread >misogynistic behavior in the criminal community. *snort* I'm *so* glad I didn't have a mouthful of something, or I would have been cleaning my keyboard. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robe

Re: [issues] "Female Hackers Battle Sexism [...]"

2000-06-12 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
ounds for calling someone the sort of name quoted above. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://infotrope.net/ Being weird isn't enough. ___ issues mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues

Re: [issues] At what point is it sexism...

2000-06-14 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
rsonality, it bothers me to hear that flirting with anyone could be considered "not fun", simply because I am who I am. Certainly I would try not to bludgeon someone with my extroversion to the point where they were uncomfortable, but I am *NOT* going to avoid social contact simply because

Re: [issues] names [was: Anyone know any more about this study?]

2000-08-09 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
ven get mail for Mr. >Macauley Christian, whoever that is :). My membership to AUUG (Australian Unix Users Group) came through as "Mr Robert Kirrily". K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://infotrope.net/ There's too much blood in my caffeine system.

Re: [issues] Issues FAQ

2000-11-12 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
in together. Buy good bras. Buy > looser-fitting, flat-heeled, male-style shoes. http://www.bodywise.com.au/ Check it out. Really. It's turned me into a bra-wearer. These babies are *comfortable*. I highly recommend them to everyone, but especially larger women. K. -- Kirrily 'S

Re: [issues] FAQ & Freudian Typos

1999-12-12 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
any women computer scientists?) http://www.cs.yale.edu/~tap/ (the Ada project) -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ You should see the ones we don't let out in public. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] FAQ & Freudian Typos

1999-12-13 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
nux users and involve themselves in the linux community. How does that mesh with what other people have seen? K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ Putting heated bricks close to the news.admin.net-abuse.* groups. -- Megahal (trained on asr), 1998-11-06 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] Red Hat/Be

1999-12-18 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
already. So, um, this is not a big nasty "don't do it" but just a general "please think about it", OK? K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ What part of the word "YES" don't you understand? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[issues] list of women in open source

1999-12-19 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
rt (1-para) description or bio. Each entry should be verified by a human before being listed to prevent abuse. The point of this would be that when people say "yeah, but where are they?" you could point at it and say "There!" Thoughts? K. -- Kirrily 'Skud

Re: [issues] Attitudes in the workplace

1999-12-19 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
c, I usually say something like "Not last time I checked!" I responded in this way to someone who wrote "WTG, Mr Skud!" the other way on a web conferencing system I use. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ "Even had to open up the case and gaze upon the hallowed peace that graced the helpdesk that day." -- Megahal (trained on asr), 1998-11-06 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] list of women in open source

1999-12-19 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
> >I hope she got it :) See, I get a bit of this sort of email too from people who've reading my geek chicks articles or who just realised somehow that I'm female. It's usually "hey, cool, another female, nice to see that it's not just me". I'd like to make that reaction occur more often. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ Manual? We've just been pushing buttons til it works... [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] list of women in open source

1999-12-19 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
Vicky Brown (runs the FunWithPerl list), Bek Oberin (runs the Perl-AI list), and yours truly (runs Melbourne.pm, the Mason mailing list, and the perl-trainers list). And probably others... I lose track :) K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ The most

Re: [issues] list of women in open source

1999-12-20 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
the guys. :) Robert may be thinking of something I may have said, which is that it's often easiest to behave as "just one of the guys". But I could be wrong. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ Bad hair life. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-08 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
Cat wrote: >The teacher (male) said, "Well, good morning and welcome gentlemen -- oh, >and ladies?" Extremely common, everywhere from schools to open source conferences. I just so love being an afterthought, don't you? K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Ro

Re: [issues] CPSR newsletter

2000-01-08 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
is the same as ever: "I'm a woman and I get no discrimination" >gets moderated to five, and comments about "it's true; I see few >women in my sci/math class" and "it's true; I have experienced >this" are down at one and zero with the trolls a

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-09 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
other commitments K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. -- Bertrand Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr. or Sir

2000-01-12 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Sunnanvind wrote: > >Isn't this what Ms. is? In theory, yes. In practice, it gets translated as "rabid man-hating lesbian feminist". Which is not necessarily a bad thing. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [issues] Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr. or Sir

2000-01-12 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
think it's pronounced "Miz" or even "M.z" where "." indicates a little non-vowel "uh" sound. I know that if I'm talking to people on the phone and they give their title as "Ms" I can tell the difference in pronunciation. K. -- Kirrily &#

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-12 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
income and good schooling, hence good libraries and better reading patterns, so I guess there is a tendency for lower-income women to be less feminist in their attitudes. But I'm probably opening myself up for a flaming here... K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ A witty saying proves nothing. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-15 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
Deirdre Saoirse wrote: >On 13 Jan 2000, Kirrily 'Skud' Robert wrote: > >> Speaking of websites, I used to be "webmaster" for an ISP. I asked my >> boss permission to set up aliases for either "webadmin" or "webmistress" >> a

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-15 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
ou on that one. It's not just dresses either... womens jackets and trousers often don't have pockets in them at all, let alone numerous or capacious ones. Feh. Not that I'm the dresswearing type, much, but I might consider it if they came with pocketses. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud&#x

Re: [issues] Re: Demographics - Reprise

2000-01-16 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
absence of. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ We're all in a box and the instructions for getting out are on the outside. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[issues] women and training

2000-02-01 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
he IT industry. Any guesses as to what's going on? (I have my own theories, but will save them until I've heard some other opinions) K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ "Anyone out there who can transmit clues on where to find audio, video

Re: [issues] Skud's new article on geek chicks..

2000-02-06 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
l making >them realistic -- accepting, for example, that working 70+ hour weeks is not >socially sustainable, regardless of one's gender.] Don't I know it. *sigh* K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ "Alas, he wouldn't let me towel him off afterwards, preferring to do that if it would run on forever?" -- Megahal (trained on asr), 1998-11-06 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] Skud's new article on geek chicks..

2000-02-07 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
>the female-quotient of the FSF/OS movement? Maybe I'm over-analytical, but >I'm really curious and want to know. I think we need to send out a snail-mail survey to the wives, girlfriends, partners, and female friends and workmates of male hackers, and find out how many of them co

Re: [issues] Gender balance in Skud's class--and a too-short intro

2000-02-07 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
gt;taught by a woman, and you've released a pent-up demand amongst women >who are more comfortable being taught this tech by a woman? That's one of my theories, yes. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ This webpage is designed to fade.

Re: [issues] Gender balance in Skud's class--and a too-short

2000-02-08 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
found myself hanging round with him and another female friend, Faye. The term 'scarcity token' became a running joke with us, in reference to women in hackerdom. Just a token anecdote... K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ If there is anythi

Re: [issues] Skud's new article on geek chicks..

2000-02-09 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
on what sort of school it is. My school was very, very feminist in outlook and pro-technology, which suited me just fine. I don't imagine that all single-sex schools are like this. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ "I have this h

Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-16 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
less adversarial than making statements. So "How does this work?" is better than "This doesn't work." Which is something I know well enough to parrot, but which my male co-PHBs keep having to point out to me when I upset someone at Netizen by saying "this doesn

Re: [issues] Mm? Quotas?

2000-02-10 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
e to renew our call for volunteers. The current core >Window Maker team is comprised of males, and there are many areas that could be >filled (particularly by females)." Wow... K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ Heavily armed, easily bored,

Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-20 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jenn V. wrote: >In my experience, I intimidate both genders. So I'm uncomfortable >around anyone of /either/ gender who isn't a geek. And I even >intimidate geeks sometimes. :( Feh. You'll have to try harder than that at Netizen. *I'm* the one that does the inti

Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-20 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >} Only if she wants to date a man ;) > >Hear, hear! While we're at it, here's a random whinge... Occasionally (less often than I used to, for this very reason (among others)) I will meet an interesting-looking MOTSS and get chatting, unti

Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-20 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
t I do is much less likely to freak out about it. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ "Jesus ate my mouse" or some similar banality. -- Megahal (trained on asr), 1998-11-06 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-21 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
ly knows why this is. *shrug* K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ Anything you say will be distorted and remixed and used against you. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-22 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
ng the latest Netscape/MS browsers on normal font size settings". >> $DEITY only knows why this is. *shrug* >Presumable that's an array ? ;) An array would be @DEITIES. I guess I should say: $DEITIES[rand(@DEITIES)] K. (too much perl training, argh!) -- Kirrily 'Skud'

Re: [issues] YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-22 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
but lesbians can't :) But this is off-topic. ObChix: the person heading up TurboLinux in .au is Nicole someone. K. -- Kirrily 'Skud' Robert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://netizen.com.au/ I think I'd like to see a Simpsons episode start up with Bart Simpson writing 'I wil

Re: [issues] Re; YAFGA (Yet Another Female Geeks Article)

2000-02-23 Thread Kirrily &#x27;Skud&#x27; Robert
society" describes over half of our society. Some days I'm amazed >women put up with us at all. I'm probably misquoting slightly, but I like the quote by Rebecca West(?) which goes "I don't know what a feminist is; I only know that I am accused of being one whenever I