Category: sexism
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A Legend in Someone Else’s Mind
So this is a self-indulgent whimsical interlude that’s overly long. Pull up a chair if you want, else, I hope all is well in your world. All that said – if there’s one thing I know, I’ve a vanishingly small idea of what people actually think of me. Honestly, I’m clueless is so many things,…
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Def Con, Jeff Moss, and Sexism
I suppose this could be subtitled “why I won’t be going to Def Con again.” Last August I wrote a letter to Jeff Moss (who is the founder of Def Con) about the disturbing sexism – including a conference sponsored strip show – I personally witnessed on a short jaunt I took to Def Con…
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By sheer Chance
Sometimes you’re simply struck by a phrase, a line, a feeling…. Was struck the other day by a song on the radio – Cocoa Butter Kisses, where a fast talkin’ rapper who misses his grandma’s kisses because he reeks of tobacco/weed. Forgot about it for awhile, then ran across the album to the right on…
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Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can’t get fooled again….
A letter I wrote to jeff moss, Mr. Def Con, about the last DC which I attended a day and a half of. Lots of promise… but wow. Jeff (who I’ve known over 20 years) responded and we’ll have a chat… I do hope some forward progress can be made. Various others have posted about…