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The Real Katie
Personal blog · therealkatie.net/blogprogrammingculture
The Real Katie is a personal blog at therealkatie.net about programming and culture. Since 2012, 29 different Hacker News readers have linked it 37 times, most often “"Lighten up"”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Most-linked posts?
- "Lighten up"17 people · 20 mentions · first linked 2012-03-21
- Career Day - A parent introduces programming at her son's school2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2012-10-25
What Hacker News says?
Please read this blog post, "Lighten Up": http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/ In it, Katie Cunningham explains the problem with the "it's just a joke" sentiment. Specifically, the cumulative effect.
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on “Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only”Submitted "Lighten up" as a story · 1371 points
HN discussion"Lighten up" doesn't solve anything. I'm not against jokes but the implying man in man pages means male and not an abbreviation of manual is exclusionary. http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/
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on “Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only”Submitted Career Day - A parent introduces programming at her son's school as a story · 264 points
HN discussionhttp://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/ Lighten up, I didn't mean it, I didn't intend to upset you, so it must be ok!
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on “Jessamyn Smith: Fighting sexist jokes with a Python bot”Submitted Teaching: The OS Divide as a story · 5 points
HN discussion> "It is humour, whether or not it is taken as such is a different issue, when Bill Hicks gets up on stage and repeatedly tells people in advertising to kill themselves, he's not actually serious. Some might take that seriously but he's a comedian and it's humor." Firstly, the standard of conduct for the moderator of a corporate event is not the same as for a comedian working his routine in a club. Secondly, Bill Hi…
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on “Dress code: blue tie and male”Submitted Lighten Up: A follow up as a story · 5 points
HN discussionThe post you're trying to recall was this: http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/ Women in tech often are exposed to a culture of subtle denigration. A single incident may not seem like a big deal (and, in fact, isn't), but when it's the eighth one that day...
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on “Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out”Submitted Announcing: PyCruise 2016 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionCheck out this blog, does a great job of explaining the frustrations of subtle sexism. "You, person who told me to lighten up, saw one little thing. It didn't seem like a big deal, did it? One little line! One joke! One comment! But it's not just one thing to me: it's one of thousands that I've had to endure since I was old enough to be told that 'X is for boys!' It's probably not even the first thing I've had to de…
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on “Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out”Submitted Making Games with PyGame as a story · 2 points
HN discussionBecause I think it bears repeating in the context of your comment, I'm going to post the same link to "Lighten Up," that danso posted above. By dismissing the sexist behavior described in the OP we give it a free pass. And your comment is dismissive. If we really care about the dearth of female talent in our communities we should be creating an environment where they want to hang out. http://therealkatie.net/blog/20…
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on “Seriously?”Submitted Lighten Up as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI have nothing to add to this other than what "The Real Katie" said in "Lighten Up" http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/ >> Every time I spoke up about the above crap, I got some sympathy, but I also got some guy who didn't understand what the big deal was. If I wasn't in the middle of being raped or beaten or threatened or fired, guess what I needed to do? Lighten up. How long would you put up with…
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on “Seriously?”Submitted Teaching children to code at PyCon 2013 as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI'm sorry, I'm a bit thick so I struggled to follow your forbite reasoning here. I think a translation will help thick people like me. First, the discussion of the legal situation lacks any perspective "Hey, it's ok that we screw poor/black people, and to be fair, it ain't gonna change; this time we screwed one of ours by mistake... shit happens, deal with it". Second, and related, the message of Lessig and of many…
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on “A Data Crusader, a Defendant and Now, a Cause”Submitted Fabfiles, with explanations, for Django apps as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYeah, it's all just a few bad apples, there's no underlying problem. Just like all the other women with appalling experiences of sexism in the tech community. Seriously, if you can't see a fundamental problem, I seriously doubt you're looking very hard. http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cerian-jenkins/the-tech-indust... http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/CouchDB_talk…
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on “Dear Hacker Community – We Need To Talk”Submitted Writing - Finding the Time as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYes, people are actually outraged. Because it's outrageous. This isn't "political correctness", this is "how not to shit on the fellow members of our profession". Telling people to Lighten Up[1] is not an adequate excuse for shitty behaviour. 1. http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/
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on “An Apology From TechCrunch”Submitted Lighten Up (2012) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionPlease read and understand this: http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/
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on “An Apology From TechCrunch”Submitted Asperger's != Asshole as a story · 1 points
HN discussionEmpathy, noun: the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. I think this is our[1] problem. Or a generalization of it: the ability to share another's viewpoint. To step into their perspective and say “oh. I see.” And to accept that maybe, just maybe, their viewpoint is valid. This isn't always true, by the way. But it is sometimes true, even often true. And even if it is valid, you may not agree with…
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on “This is Not ok”Submitted Writing: Diagrams as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttp://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/21/lighten-up/
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on “A Message from KPCB Partner, John Doerr”Submitted Vagina Invalidation Argument as a story · 1 points
HN discussionJokes have been historically used by oppressed people to express their frustrations. Not saying it's the same thing here, but trying to ban humor, even if it is politically incorrect, is really not OK. Nobody is trying to ban edgy/dark humor. But there is a time and a place for that. A corporate event is not that place. The world would be a much better place if we smiled more. http://therealkatie.net/blog/2012/mar/2…
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on “Dell Apologizes for Hiring 'Shut Up Bitch' Moderator”Submitted The Littlest Intern as a story · 1 points
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