Tag Archives: Technology

Ethical Technology: Is your phone/laptop/gaming system made of conflict metals?

By Becky | Published: December 27, 2010
TweetDear fellow lady-geeks and gamers, I was alerted to this issue when a friend who posted about how “Video games DO kill people, just not the way you think” on his blog, discussing how some tech companies are actively working to reduce the amount of conflict metals that are being used in their products – [...]
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Electronic dating violence among teens

By Jerrod | Published: November 4, 2010
TweetGizmodo recently wrote a post about electronics and violence from the results of a survey conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center. The Cyberbullying Research Center is interested in better understanding and promoting the concept of “electronic dating violence.” They define it as “emotional or psychological harm in a romantic relationship perpetrated through the use of computers, cell phones, [...]
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“Women in Tech” at TechCrunch Disrupt & Beyond

By Chrissie Brodigan | Published: September 30, 2010
TweetSan Fransisco, CA—On Tuesday, at Techcrunch Disrupt, my colleague Amanda and I sat through a panel titled “Women in Tech.” In less then 30 minutes, I wanted to trade my lady parts in and disappear into the audience a dude. Disrupt’s “Women in Tech” could have easily been renamed, “You shut up. No, you shut [...]
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Perspective from a Geek Feminist

By adelaida | Published: July 13, 2010
TweetI don’t start my day with a cup of coffee- I start it by reading feministing.  I’ve even set it as my homepage!  BUT I do sometimes get anxious about the lack of coverage about techy FLOSS issues.  Which is why I really appreciated a recent post by Geek Feminism : “There’s lots of feminism [...]
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Women, Entrepreneurship and the Internet

By lklouise | Published: May 25, 2010
TweetDue to my current levels of exhaustion, I have been hiding in code. Playing with the back end of any content management system is mind-numbing, time consuming and at the end of the day, absolutely rewarding when you’ve been able to create an architectural and graphical masterpiece out of text. Sometime yesterday I read an [...]
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