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** [[AmazonLISAFail]] ([[Technology industry]])
  
** [[AmazonLISAFail]] ([[Technology industry]])
 
** [[DojoCon thongs]] ([[FLOSS]])
  
** [[DojoCon thongs]] ([[FLOSS]])
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** [https://twitter.com/cfowlermsft Cory Fowler] a Community Leader in Ontario and MVP for Microsoft partakes in online harassment of women by [http://www.thatswhatshetweets.com/users/SyntaxC4/ facilitating spreading of sexual innuendo jokes] and [http://twitpic.com/79mdfe promoting the use of the word brogrammer] as a way for [http://twitpic.com/6m04fa male programmers] to bond an network.
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** [https://twitter.com/cfowlermsft Cory Fowler] a Community Leader in Ontario and MVP for Microsoft partakes in online harassment of women by [http://www.thatswhatshetweets.com/users/SyntaxC4/ facilitating spreading of sexual innuendo jokes] and [http://twitpic.com/79mdfe promoting the use of the word brogrammer] as a way for [http://twitpic.com/6m04fa male programmers] to bond an network.
 
* December:
  
* December:
 
** [[Women underrepresented in Modern Science Writing]] ([[Science]]) [http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2009/12/the_science_boys_club_strikes.php]
  
** [[Women underrepresented in Modern Science Writing]] ([[Science]]) [http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2009/12/the_science_boys_club_strikes.php]
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** [[debian-devel-games trolling]] Debian gets trolled into taking a "problematic" work of interactive fiction seriously.
  
** [[debian-devel-games trolling]] Debian gets trolled into taking a "problematic" work of interactive fiction seriously.
 
** [[Brendan Eich Proposition 8 donation|Brendan Eich]] is promoted from CTO to CEO of Mozilla. He resigns after 10 days.
  
** [[Brendan Eich Proposition 8 donation|Brendan Eich]] is promoted from CTO to CEO of Mozilla. He resigns after 10 days.
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** A conference [["sexisme, jeu vidéo et culture geek"]] (sexism, videogames and geek cultur) is held in Ecole Normale Supérieure, Lyon. (in french) One of the participant tells that she was asked for advice in order to make the new women character in SupertuxKart as right as possible, but her advice were ignored to the point that the character has an upskirting animation.
 
* April
  
* April
 
** [[Gurbaksh Chahal domestic violence conviction]]
  
** [[Gurbaksh Chahal domestic violence conviction]]
 
** [[CodeBabes.com]]
  
** [[CodeBabes.com]]
 
** Cherry City Comic Con [http://www.strongandfree.org/cherry-city-comiccon-turns-refund-request-into-pr-disaster/ shames a woman] for requesting a refund because she felt she would not be safe at the con.
  
** Cherry City Comic Con [http://www.strongandfree.org/cherry-city-comiccon-turns-refund-request-into-pr-disaster/ shames a woman] for requesting a refund because she felt she would not be safe at the con.
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** Attendee assaulted (with fists) in elevator by conference organizer, sparked initiative to create a code of conduct in European open source graphics software community which previously believed it didn't need one. Sponsors were notified, Valerie Aurora assisted with excellent advice. Code of Conduct voted on but not yet posted publicly as of 07/2015. Event occurred at Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany. [http://libregraphicsmeeting.org/2014/ Libre Graphics 2014]
 
* May
  
* May
 
** [https://twitter.com/mappingbabel/status/463493163743576066 Booth babes make an appearance at the EMCWorld conference]
  
** [https://twitter.com/mappingbabel/status/463493163743576066 Booth babes make an appearance at the EMCWorld conference]
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** Obie Fernandez, the CTO of [http://www.javelin.com/#team Javelin], posted a [https://twitter.com/obie/status/491384651705892864 tweet] comparing node.js to "fucking a 20 year old". ([https://twitter.com/obie/status/491384651705892864 Screenshot of tweet].)
  
** Obie Fernandez, the CTO of [http://www.javelin.com/#team Javelin], posted a [https://twitter.com/obie/status/491384651705892864 tweet] comparing node.js to "fucking a 20 year old". ([https://twitter.com/obie/status/491384651705892864 Screenshot of tweet].)
 
** [[Cosplayer assault at San Diego Comic-Con]]
  
** [[Cosplayer assault at San Diego Comic-Con]]
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** [https://twitter.com/cfowlermsft Cory Fowler] [http://www.meetup.com/seaphp/members/?op=leaders assistant organiser of Seattle PHP User Group] is involved in a series of Domestic Abuse incidents involving Legal intervention and assistance from Seattle Police. The matter was deemed to be of a Domestic and Family Court nature and was handled with consultations from Seattle Police Domestic Violence department and legal representation on behalf of the victim.
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** [https://twitter.com/cfowlermsft Cory Fowler] has an incident involving Seattle Police and a female programmer in tech, the matter was sorted out in a civil agreement.
  
 
** Madison Young, a member of the steering committee for [[Mothership HackerMoms]], [http://geekfeminism.org/2014/08/06/madison-young-rape-apologism-and-hackermoms/ engaged in] [[derailment]] when a rape-apologist video she had made resurfaced.
  
** Madison Young, a member of the steering committee for [[Mothership HackerMoms]], [http://geekfeminism.org/2014/08/06/madison-young-rape-apologism-and-hackermoms/ engaged in] [[derailment]] when a rape-apologist video she had made resurfaced.
   
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** [[Gamergate coordinated harassment campaign]]
  
** [[Gamergate coordinated harassment campaign]]
 
** [http://tcrn.ch/1AkqvoN OnePlus One's "Ladies First" Contest]
  
** [http://tcrn.ch/1AkqvoN OnePlus One's "Ladies First" Contest]
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** [http://s2014.siggraph.org/attendees/art-gallery/events/modern-video-processor Modern Video Processor] An art piece at a computer graphics conference features video of scantily dressed women bouncing as they use power tools.
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** [http://s2014.siggraph.org/attendees/art-gallery/events/modern-video-processor Modern Video Processor] An art piece at a computer graphics conference features video of scantily dressed women bouncing as they use power tools.
 
* September
  
* September
 
** David Galiel, an advisor for ChickTech, perseverates about strawfeminst women who are [https://twitter.com/davidgaliel/status/512008879245647872 "aggressive, harassing dicks]" on Twitter. Bonus fedora/trilby.
  
** David Galiel, an advisor for ChickTech, perseverates about strawfeminst women who are [https://twitter.com/davidgaliel/status/512008879245647872 "aggressive, harassing dicks]" on Twitter. Bonus fedora/trilby.
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** [[Uber executive smear threat]]
  
** [[Uber executive smear threat]]
 
** The incompetent portrayal of Barbie in [[Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer|''Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer'']] is discovered.
  
** The incompetent portrayal of Barbie in [[Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer|''Barbie: I Can Be a Computer Engineer'']] is discovered.
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** [http://etiene.net/paris-coders-night-incident/ Paris Coders' Night incident]
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** [http://etiene.net/6/paris-coders-night-and-liam-boogar%27s-complete-dismissal-of-women%27s-issues Paris Coders' Night incident]
 
** Harassment incident at Context ([http://www.jimchines.com/2014/11/harassment-at-context/ Jim Hines roundup])
  
** Harassment incident at Context ([http://www.jimchines.com/2014/11/harassment-at-context/ Jim Hines roundup])
 
* December
  
* December
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=== March ===
  
=== March ===
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* In a presentation on "biohacking" at the CanSecWest security conference, Jan Krissler [http://www.tomsguide.com/us/photos-biometrics-csw,news-20684.html used a closeup of a pornographic image of a woman giving a blowjob] (slide #37 from the [https://cansecwest.com/slides/2015/I%20see%20therefore%20I%20am%20-%20Jan%20Starbug.pdf deck posted here]) to illustrate that high enough resolution photographs can be used to bypass retina scans. Most of the penis in the image was blocked out, but there was no ambiguity as to the content of the image. Also, in the presentation by Patrick Wardle from Synack, one of initial slides had a table of terms being defined with each having a simple art stye depicting women's body parts/sexual activities so as to explain the security terms (the terms included implant, hooking, backdoor, etc., which are valid security terms that he sexualized). Two of the images had black bars to supposedly censor them, but he explained that he was willing to provide the slides uncensored to those who ask him for them. Additionally, he used the justification that the US is uptight about sex as a reason for it being acceptable to include sexual content in a technical security conference. Both current online copies of the [https://cansecwest.com/slides/2015/DLL%20Hijacking%20on%20OSX%20-%20Patrick%20Wardle.pdf slide deck] have this slide removed from them. Later the same day, and ironically immediately following a lightning talk which included one on the topic of respecting women members of the infosec community, several witnesses [https://twitter.com/blowdart/status/578971428545961984 reported] that there was a stripper at the official conference party.
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* In a presentation on "biohacking" at the CanSecWest security conference, Jan Krissler [http://www.tomsguide.com/us/photos-biometrics-csw,news-20684.html used a closeup of a pornographic image of a woman giving a blowjob] (slide #37 from the [https://cansecwest.com/slides/2015/I%20see%20therefore%20I%20am%20-%20Jan%20Starbug.pdf deck posted here]) to illustrate that high enough resolution photographs can be used to bypass retina scans. Most of the penis in the image was blocked out, but there was no ambiguity as to the content of the image. Also, in the presentation by Patrick Wardle from Synack, one of initial slides had a table of terms being defined with each having a simple art stye depicting women's body parts/sexual activities so as to explain the security terms (the terms included implant, hooking, backdoor, etc., which are valid security terms that he sexualized). Two of the images had black bars to supposedly censor them, but he explained that he was willing to provide the slides uncensored to those who ask him for them. Additionally, he used the justification that the US is uptight about sex as a reason for it being acceptable to include sexual content in a technical security conference. Both current online copies of the [https://cansecwest.com/slides/2015/DLL%20Hijacking%20on%20OSX%20-%20Patrick%20Wardle.pdf slide deck] have this slide removed from them. Later the same day, and ironically immediately following a lightning talk which included one on the topic of respecting women members of the infosec community, several witnesses [https://twitter.com/blowdart/status/578971428545961984 reported] that there was a stripper at the official conference party.
 
*[http://www.michaelrobertson.com/about.php Michael Robertson], founder of mp3.com, tweeted that white men dominate Silicon Valley because [https://twitter.com/mp3michael/status/579812350473043969 "Science tells us men & women are biologically different including their brains and skills."]
  
*[http://www.michaelrobertson.com/about.php Michael Robertson], founder of mp3.com, tweeted that white men dominate Silicon Valley because [https://twitter.com/mp3michael/status/579812350473043969 "Science tells us men & women are biologically different including their brains and skills."]
 
*On March 8, Linus Torvalds [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b0bc65729070b9cbdbb53ff042984a3c545a0e34 committed] a "Code of Conflict" to the kernel. It was [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2015/03/linux-kernel-s-code-conflict signed by 60 kernel maintainers] and initiated as a patch by Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the developers involved in the [http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Linux_kernel_civility_discussion Kernel Civility Incident] in July 2013.
  
*On March 8, Linus Torvalds [https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b0bc65729070b9cbdbb53ff042984a3c545a0e34 committed] a "Code of Conflict" to the kernel. It was [http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2015/03/linux-kernel-s-code-conflict signed by 60 kernel maintainers] and initiated as a patch by Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the developers involved in the [http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Linux_kernel_civility_discussion Kernel Civility Incident] in July 2013.
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*March 30, [http://file770.com/?p=21634 Context 28 is cancelled].
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*March 30, [http://file770.com/?p=21634 Context 28 is cancelled].
   
 
=== April ===
  
=== April ===
 
* [[Europython podcast comments]]
  
* [[Europython podcast comments]]
 
* Hugo Award nominations announced; [http://file770.com/?p=21769 ballot heavily dominated] by [http://www.dailydot.com/geek/hugo-award-nominees-sad-puppies/ Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies] efforts. ([[Science Fiction Fandom]])
  
* Hugo Award nominations announced; [http://file770.com/?p=21769 ballot heavily dominated] by [http://www.dailydot.com/geek/hugo-award-nominees-sad-puppies/ Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies] efforts. ([[Science Fiction Fandom]])
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* Anonymous user(s) repeatedly attempt to delete information about [https://twitter.com/cfowlermsft Cory Fowler] from the timeline of incidents, persisting in spite of the deletions being reverted.
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* A former Supertuxkart developper brings Supertuxkart upskirting animation and the multiplication of women in swim suit occurrence in the new release to [[debian women mailing list]]. Maintainer keep the package as is.
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=== May ===
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* May 18, FORTAcloud tweeted [https://twitter.com/FortaCloud/status/600303456440741888 sexist pic with promotional code], doubled down against criticism with supposed statistic that "[https://twitter.com/FortaCloud/status/600305549209694208 99% of their customers are male between 18 and 42]", and tweeted that "[https://twitter.com/FortaCloud/status/600310695494873088 advertising with images of beautiful girls is sexy]." In terms of other statistics, of the [https://twitter.com/FortaCloud/media 5 images they've ever tweeted], 2 were women in underwear. See also [[Fortacloud50offmonday]] article.
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=== June ===
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* [[OpalGate incident]]
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=== July ===
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* French Wikipedia discussion about [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion:Thomas_Piketty#.C2.AB.C2.A0La_pol.C3.A9mique.C2.A0.C2.BB removal of a domestic violence mention] on Thomas Piketty page.
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* [http://t.co/2voc73CCqw Andra-ritsu's tumbler post on Nintendo's Fire Emblem Fates]. ([http://andrea-ritsu.tumblr.com/post/123095085970/soleil-bisexuality-other-supports-and-drugging here] too) [TW drug, consentment] The author explains that the scenario allows the player to "drug" one of the lesbian character to make her see women as men. The author is targeted by Gamer Gate proponent.
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* [https://blog.jessfraz.com/post/this-industry-is-fucked/ Jessie Frazelle's blog post] is published.
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* Ellen Pao resigns from CEO position at Reddit. Users wanted her to step back as CEO, officially because she was hold responsible of Victoria Taylor (Ask Me Anything creator) eviction in the company but this narrative is put in question. On the other hand Ellen Pao removed some fat shaming and racist subreddits and this makes her unpopular for some communities. [http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/11/reddit-s-terrorists-have-won-ellen-pao-and-the-failure-to-rebrand-web-2-0.html This article] [TW:Online abuse] sums the situation up.
 
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Revision as of 23:37, 13 August 2015

This is a timeline of sexist incidents in geek communities including:

See Timeline of geek feminism for the development of geek feminism itself.

(Mary Gardiner explains the reason for this list in Why we document on the Geek Feminism blog.)

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  • October
    • Penny Arcade announces Dickwolves tshirts; Courtney Stanton announces Dickwolves Survivors Guild tshirts in protest

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  • October
    • Codemash sexual assault
    • standingwithDNLee Biologist and science writer Dr. Danielle N. Lee responded to being called a "whore" after politely declining to write for free. The Scientific American blog network removed her blog post about it without consulting her, with the excuse that it "verged into the personal."
    • Reports of harassment of Scientific American bloggers by editor Bora Zivkovic surfaced around a year ago, but in October 2013 several women wrote in public naming him and describing his patterns of bad behavior.
    • SF hacker group advertises "Hackers and Hookers " costume party. When called on it, they issue a classic non-apology (both advertisement and apology archived at link).
    • Kent James, a core reviewer for the open-source Thunderbird project, wrote a blog post with the subject line "Real Men do Build Engineering". Despite knowing that this was sexist (the original post included the question, "So, are there any Real Men out there (or even Real Women) that want to be a hero, and save our project?"), in a comment, James stated "I decided to remove comments that disputed my use of the term 'Real Men'." (In an example of the Many bad things in the world silencing tactic, he implied that it was acceptable for him to insinuate that men are more likely to understand build engineering than women are because an organization exists that uses the term "real men" and claims to fight domestic violence.)
    • At the ACM CIKM 2013 conference, a presenter showed a slide (photo) with the text "Big data is like teenage sex: everyone talks about it, nobody really knows how to do it, everyone thinks everyone else is doing it, so everyone claims they are doing it... (Dan Ariely)" The conference did not have an anti-harassment policy posted on its web site.
    • The Special support for women thread began on Linux Australia's discussion mailing list.

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2015

January

February

March

  • In a presentation on "biohacking" at the CanSecWest security conference, Jan Krissler used a closeup of a pornographic image of a woman giving a blowjob (slide #37 from the deck posted here) to illustrate that high enough resolution photographs can be used to bypass retina scans. Most of the penis in the image was blocked out, but there was no ambiguity as to the content of the image. Also, in the presentation by Patrick Wardle from Synack, one of initial slides had a table of terms being defined with each having a simple art stye depicting women's body parts/sexual activities so as to explain the security terms (the terms included implant, hooking, backdoor, etc., which are valid security terms that he sexualized). Two of the images had black bars to supposedly censor them, but he explained that he was willing to provide the slides uncensored to those who ask him for them. Additionally, he used the justification that the US is uptight about sex as a reason for it being acceptable to include sexual content in a technical security conference. Both current online copies of the slide deck have this slide removed from them. Later the same day, and ironically immediately following a lightning talk which included one on the topic of respecting women members of the infosec community, several witnesses reported that there was a stripper at the official conference party.
  • Michael Robertson, founder of mp3.com, tweeted that white men dominate Silicon Valley because "Science tells us men & women are biologically different including their brains and skills."
  • On March 8, Linus Torvalds committed a "Code of Conflict" to the kernel. It was signed by 60 kernel maintainers and initiated as a patch by Greg Kroah-Hartman, one of the developers involved in the Kernel Civility Incident in July 2013.
  • March 30, Context 28 is cancelled.

April

May

June

July

  • French Wikipedia discussion about removal of a domestic violence mention on Thomas Piketty page.
  • Andra-ritsu's tumbler post on Nintendo's Fire Emblem Fates. (here too) [TW drug, consentment] The author explains that the scenario allows the player to "drug" one of the lesbian character to make her see women as men. The author is targeted by Gamer Gate proponent.
  • Jessie Frazelle's blog post is published.
  • Ellen Pao resigns from CEO position at Reddit. Users wanted her to step back as CEO, officially because she was hold responsible of Victoria Taylor (Ask Me Anything creator) eviction in the company but this narrative is put in question. On the other hand Ellen Pao removed some fat shaming and racist subreddits and this makes her unpopular for some communities. This article [TW:Online abuse] sums the situation up.
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