Feminist Hacker Barbie

https://computer-engineer-barbie.herokuapp.com

by richtr • 12 years ago

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computer-engineer-barbie.herokuapp.com

dijit• 12 years ago

I dislike the term feminist because despite noble intentions it causes a lot of controversy.

could you please call it "computer-engineer-barbie" like the URL suggests?

I realise the irony of me pointing this out.

kaonashi• 12 years ago

I realise the irony of me pointing this out.

Lewis' law?

Shish2k• 12 years ago

I believe the reason for the title is that #FeministHackerBarbie is trending on twitter associated with this site.

--> https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FeministHackerBarbie&src=typ...

ck22• 12 years ago

Wait, why do the idiots get to win for injecting controversy into the word?

Feminist has a very clear, important meaning.

Don't let anyone corrupt it.

parfe3• 12 years ago

If feminists just behaved more to his liking then he'd totally support their efforts.

Alex39172• 12 years ago

I have a feeling the kind of parents who (proactively) buy their kids Barbie dolls would probably be horrified if their daughters expressed an interest in software development.

amykhar• 12 years ago

Not at all true :) We programming moms were raised with Barbies. It's possible to love both.

robdor• 12 years ago

Why is that? My daughters play with barbie dolls and I love that they also have an interest in software development.

cwp2• 12 years ago

Not true. Some of use are horrified our daughters have expressed an interest in Barbie.

troels• 12 years ago

That's not actually incompatible with parent's statement.

tptacek6• 12 years ago

If your kids are at an ordinary age to be interested in Barbie, I recommend not being "horrified" by anything they do. (That doesn't mean you have to give them Barbie dolls.)

Vixter• 12 years ago

My daughter went thru the Barbie phase. However now she is the developer of the FeministHackerBarbie app itself.

tptacek6• 12 years ago

I have the feeling that you've never been a parent to a daughter. Apologies in advance if I've misjudged. Either way: no.

Alex39172• 12 years ago

You're correct. And if your daughter wants the toy, then I guess that's understandable.

But my point is that by design Barbie as a character is shallow, anti-intellectual, materialistic, snobbish, etc. I guess my assumption is that most parents who buy their kids the toy actually want that as a role model for their kids, and that this is inherently at odds with a toy that encourages kids to go into STEM or whatever.

balozi• 12 years ago

What the heck is a Feminist Hacker anyway?

jrkatz• 12 years ago

If we understand a 'Feminist person' to be a person who is a feminist, it follows a 'Feminist hacker' is a hacker who is a feminist.

dragonwriter• 12 years ago

OTOH, if we understand "Computer hacker" to be a person who finds clever way to exploit computers, a "Feminist hacker" is...

rjtavares• 12 years ago

It's a person that is both a feminist and a hacker.

ck22• 12 years ago

The word "feminist" is simply a single word to replace the longer concept that women should have equal rights, equal opportunity to men.

A feminist hacker is a woman who is not content to be paid a lesser amount to a man for the same work, and will not accept being passed over for work opportunities she is fully capable of.

tzs• 12 years ago

The original article on the problems with Computer Engineer Barbie got flag killed, although later the moderators restored it. For those who missed it during its dead time, here is the link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8625092

Feminist Hacker Barbie

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