Comments on: Gender and Technology at IgniteSydney (with presentation slides)

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:49:13 +0000

Any idea when this was posted?

By: Maybe Maimed but Never Harmed › Don’t you fret, sexism is alive and well in BDSM

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:19:27 +0000

[...] What Kind of ManNow it’s all the little thingsToo many tears: My first morning back in NYCGender and Technology at IgniteSydney (with presentation slides)I’m getting a book published and it’s called Foundation Website [...]

By: Sex 2.0 2009 post roundup : Sex 2.0

Sex 2.0 2009 post roundup : Sex 2.0 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:31:48 +0000

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By: Various thoughts post-KinkForAll « Clarisse Thorn: BDSM Outreach

Various thoughts post-KinkForAll « Clarisse Thorn: BDSM Outreach — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:09:59 +0000

[...] * Maymay gave a fantastic talk on gender and technology making the fantastic point that we really need to be communicating with web designers, because they are encoding so much of how we think about gender and sexuality. As a simple example, the people who create social networking sites are influencing our ideas about sex and gender because they are making the drop-down menus we use to express that: for instance, compare your average social networking site — where you can pick “Straight”, “Gay” or if you’re lucky “Bisexual” — to FetLife, which offers many more options — “Straight”, “Heteroflexible”, “Bisexual”, “Gay”, “Lesbian”, “Queer”, “Pansexual”, and “Fluctuating/Evolving”. You can find the slides and links from Maymay’s presentation here. [...]

By: Meitar

Meitar — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:59:21 +0000

Thanks, Sigrid. I'd be happy to present this again—I might even be able to do a better job the second time around—so if you hear of an upcoming IgniteSanFrancisco or other place that might be interested in having me present this, please let me know about it. :)

By: Sigrid

Sigrid — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:31:04 +0000

As someone who was fascinated by the concept when you posted about it, I sincerely hope you consider finding the opportunity to do it again once you reach San Francisco. Good to hear that things went well in Sydney, though!

By: Meitar

Meitar — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:47:05 +0000

Thank you so much, Maxine, that's incredibly kind of you to say! :) I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to speak at Ignite (I didn't even realize you were actually present, just that Web Directions was a sponsor) and I sincerely hope we get the opportunity to cross paths once again before I leave.

By: Maxine Sherrin

Maxine Sherrin — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:22:48 +0000

Yes, this presentation would almost certainly have sparked a better conversation in the places you mention, but I’m so glad you didn’t let this fact discourage you. In a sea of convention, you challenged, Meitar. Sydney web community needs more people like you – so sorry to see you are leaving before I’ve even got to know you.