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Continued from Part One.
My last major business trip was to Sweden. See, if I just left it at that, it would sound like, really c-o-o-l but in fact, what it was was really freaking C-O-L-D (February!) and yo, it was also really freaking b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s. The trip consisted of twelve-hour days in a mostly […]

Via.
The freedom to say ‘no’
Why aren’t there more women in science and engineering? Controversial new research suggests: They just aren’t interested.
Really, we’d much rather be changing shitty diapers, scrubbing toilets and putting out for room, board and an allowance. And that’s what choice feminism is all about!
…no, I’m not being fair. It’s just […]

…how would I have reacted if that engineer had offhandedly addressed me during the software demo as “Sweetie?”
The moment came at a campaign stop in Detroit, when Peggy Agar, a reporter at ABC’s Detroit affiliate WXYZ-TV, asked Obama this question: “Senator, how are you going to help the American autoworkers?”
“Hold on a second, sweetie. […]

In a previous post, I described what is a not-uncommon on-the-job incident for me–to wit, having to deal with men who have been, shall we say, societally overprogrammed in terms of the proper roles and abilities of the female half of the human race. A commenter on the thread, after reading my little story, […]

I spent a day offsite again–my company is building a new, very large scale manufacturing facility and so we are buying all kinds of goodies for it from a whole slew of outside companies. On this occasion, the company in question was going to show us their pride and joy, a software package that […]

BBC’s Magazine today has a fantastically breathless article documenting what I can only imagine to be the “increasing trend” of girls being (gasp) perpetrators of violence. “These reports still jolt society in a post-feminist age,” according to the article, “Partly because they are so rare and partly because women are not expected to be aggressive.“ […]

I spent a recent day offsite–my company hired an outside company to design and build a piece of equipment for our manufacturing plant and the outside company had asked us to come down to their fabrication shop and vet the design, see what we thought of the work in progress, etc. With me were […]

Let’s all pause for a second to ponder this graf from Sabbotabby’s MSNBC Mormon-catwalk story
And while no one would accuse the women of making a fashion statement, the pioneer-style outfits are a rare example of how in an age of overexposure, modesty, too, can give pause.
It’s not the modesty that gives pause - if merely […]

Pastel is the new black.
Please tell me that this article was written by a bored, possibly drunk AP writer having a lark and trying to see what he or she could sneak past the editor.
Prairie skirts are in fashion this season, while dusty pastels and neutrals are being introduced to offset trendy bold colors and […]

Hey, I wonder why more women aren’t into sci-fi and fantasy.
In LiveJournal Land, an interesting hoopla has erupted around The Open-Source Boob Project. The story starts at ConFusion in Ann Arbor, an annual sci-fi, fantasy, anime, gaming, comics, etc., convention. If you’ve ever shown up at a con wearing a set of boobs, you know […]

I’ve always giggled when people say we have moved to a “post-patriarchy” and that feminism is no longer necessary. People who believe this obviously don’t open their eyes very often. But, the fact that we still live in a patriarchy have never been more noticeable then when one is planning a wedding.
I never […]

Flying shards of glass and everything. I was so worried about the economy and BAM! FINALLY somebody, somewhere is aiming to do something about it!
Study: Single parents cost taxpayers $112 billion
That sure jumped out at me. Clearly, first off, single parents aren’t taxpayers! Or the headline would read […]