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Further to Andromeda's note, http://jacobian.org/writing/what-can-men-do/ takes Atwood's post apart point by point. - Greg > Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:46:01 -0400 > From: Andromeda Yelton <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Fwd: Diversity > > Important: this post was the subject of quite a lot of fury on Twitter, > being similar to an earlier essay by Shanley Kane of the same title > https://medium.com/tech-culture-briefs/a1e93d985af0 -- a fact which the > Coding Horror post initially neglected to attribute. Sara Chipps, quoted > in the Coding Horror post, has also publicly expressed displeasure at how > the original version of the post used her words (I'm not sure whether the > edits have addressed this). And people on the autism spectrum have > expressed some outrage over how they are implicitly blamed for tech sexism > (something that Shanley did not do in her post, which moreover has more > suggestions for what you can do). > > So I submit that the first thing men (and everyone) can do in this thread > is read Shanley first. > > Andromeda Yelton > LITA Board of Directors, Director-at-Large, 2013-2016 > http://andromedayelton.com > @ThatAndromeda