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Who Cares About Character Gender?

November 1, 2012 Jess 7 Comments

As someone who does research on gender and games, I often hear the conventional wisdom that men prefer to play…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: games, gender, league of legends

Reading List 2011 (8/166)

November 24, 2011 Jess 2 Comments

Recent reading: Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter, Joan C. Williams Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books, class, feminism, gender, parenting

Install This Extension!

November 15, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

My brilliant friend Danielle made a thing! A really cool, mind-blowing, brain-breaking thing! Jailbreak the Patriarchy is a Chrome extension that…

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Posted in: Teaching, Think Tank Filed under: gender

Laundry, Wikipedia and Cognitive Surplus

February 1, 2011 Jess 2 Comments

Several people have asked me what I think about this article on the gender gap in Wikipedia contributions. A study,…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: gender, social software

Merit vs. Background … Fight!

January 21, 2011 Jess Leave a comment

The other day, a friend of mine was talking about her (white) uncle and why he hates affirmative action. She…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: gender, race

You Know, For Girls

January 13, 2011 Jess 2 Comments

Every time I see technology being marketed “for girls” I prepare myself to cringe. (Hello, Della.) I’m doubly cautious when…

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Posted in: Games Filed under: gender, technology

Impostor-Shaped Hole

December 19, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

Over on Laurian Vega’s blog, she shares a story about a student who undervalues her own work because of Impostor…

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Posted in: Teaching Filed under: gender, impostor

Reading List 2010 (5/122)

December 3, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

Still behind, but my sister encourages me to persist!  (Perhaps I ought to refer to her as my persister?) The…

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Posted in: Reading List Filed under: books, gender

The Last Refuge of the Bigot

August 5, 2010 Jess 1 Comment

From the MIT report on women science faculty: Each generation of young women, including those who are currently senior faculty,…

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Posted in: Advance Filed under: discrimination, gender, racism

Beware of Just Do It

May 10, 2010 Jess Leave a comment

I just read Eileen Burbidge’s post on women in technology.  Here’s the quote that left me boggling: Within tech, I…

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Posted in: Think Tank Filed under: gender, technology

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