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March 24, 2013 – 4:05 pm |

AdaCamp is a conference dedicated to increasing women’s participation in open technology and culture: open source software, Wikipedia-related projects, open data, open geo, fan fiction, remix culture, and more. AdaCamp brings women together to build community, discuss issues women have in common across open technology and culture fields, and find ways to …

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short examples of when the media wows us with gender and race consciousness, or when they fall short of the mark.

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monthly interviews with authors of recent feminist books on new media, science, and technology.

Feminist Works

Feminist works-in-progress by Fembot Collective members for the purposes of collaboration, cross-fertilization, and networking.

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Feminist Work – Jacqueline Wallace

October 2, 2012 – 9:30 am | One Comment

Jacqueline Wallace
PhD Candidate (ABD)
Joint Doctoral Program in Communication
Concordia University, Montreal
http://jacquelinewallace.com
I am working on my dissertation currently titled Women’s Creative Labour: DIY Networks and the Indie Crafts Movement. My research focuses on diy design and craft as a cultural economy and a significant site of women’s creative labour. It includes a …

AdaCamp DC 2012

July 15, 2012 – 12:39 pm |

The second AdaCamp wrapped up in Washington, DC on Wednesday, July 11th. The first AdaCamp was held in Melbourne, Australia in January 2012. AdaCamp is an Ada Initiative unconference focused on increasing women’s participation in open technology and culture. The invitation-only event gathered professionals, fans, hobbyists, academics, and activists to …

Feminism, Media, and Technology in the News

July 15, 2012 – 9:17 am |

I have fallen out of my bi-weekly routine due to conference travel, a disruption that will resume for another week after my much-anticipated trip to Boston for Console-ing Passions.
Disclaimer: This list is obviously not all-encompassing. It likely reflects an unconscious bias toward what I find intriguing (in the interest of …

Feminists Work – Mél Hogan

July 5, 2012 – 10:30 am |

We are co-authoring a paper on the role of feminism(s) within contemporary academia, with a focus on Canadian and American contexts. This paper will be reviewed for the anthology: Invisible and Irrelevant? Contemporary Feminism and its Discontents (Palgrave Macmillan).
In general terms, our intent is to deconstruct the notion of ‘feminist …

Feminism, Media and Technology in the News

July 3, 2012 – 2:09 pm |

Bi-weekly listing of some recent articles/blogs related to feminism, media, and technology. Disclaimer: This list is obviously not all-encompassing. It likely reflects an unconscious bias toward what I find intriguing (in the interest of self-reflexivity). If you come across something YOU find interesting that you’d like me to include in …

Women’s Laborers Transitioning and Reskilling through Digital Divides

June 30, 2012 – 8:06 am |

What we learn from the juxtaposition of contexts from the Varied Geographical and Socio-cultural Contexts
by Radhika Gajjala
This article addresses ‘transition’ within a variety of contexts wherein subjectivities are negotiated at the intersection of age, gender, technology, and hierarchies of literacies and skills called for by a globalization that is shaped …

Feminism, Media, Technology in the News

June 28, 2012 – 10:07 pm |

Welcome to the first bi-weekly listing of some recent articles/blogs related to feminism, media, and technology. Disclaimer: This list is obviously not all-encompassing. It likely reflects an unconscious bias toward what I find intriguing (in the interest of self-reflexivity). If you come across something YOU find interesting that you’d like …