tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post4900255722120368746..comments2024-03-28T14:56:46.834-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: Guest Post about Barbie `I can be an engineer' -- Sounds good but its not.Lance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-20025522959645548072014-12-01T20:49:32.141-06:002014-12-01T20:49:32.141-06:00I thought this remix was pretty good. It keeps th...I thought <a href="http://blog.infoadvisors.com/index.php/2014/01/30/refactoring-computer-engineer-barbie/" rel="nofollow">this remix</a> was pretty good. It keeps the original tone and style, but makes a few edits that get rid of the problems, and I don't see how it could be seen as anti-male. <br /><br />I don't think it's fair to blame feminists for the fact that some places decided to stop selling the book. It's not as if feminists control a consumer block big enough to effectively threaten the business. Even from the people commenting on the book, I didn't see a universal call for getting rid of the book--the blogger I linked to above included a pdf you could print out on sticker paper to fix-up the book. <br /><br />I wouldn't want to read the book to my kids, but it's not the worst children's book I've seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-62777421420893368342014-11-30T17:15:23.930-06:002014-11-30T17:15:23.930-06:00Are we talking about this remix?
http://caseyfiesl...Are we talking about this remix?<br />http://caseyfiesler.com/2014/11/18/barbie-remixed-i-really-can-be-a-computer-engineer/Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724185541328219675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-59098627052110249792014-11-24T22:24:02.654-06:002014-11-24T22:24:02.654-06:00am all for diversity but sometimes think the self-...am all for diversity but sometimes think the self-appointed feminists & race-balancers take it a little too far. the comic book was cancelled with an executive promising that all future comics will feature "female empowered characters". whatever! more on gender/ race disparity in a section in <a href="http://vzn1.wordpress.com/2014/11/20/joy-of-code-2014-imitation-game-with-turing-more-diverse-zeitgeist/" rel="nofollow">this blog</a>. you also mentioned the imitation game movie with turing, another topic in the post.vznhttp://vzn1.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-65759182696101059832014-11-24T07:15:22.609-06:002014-11-24T07:15:22.609-06:00I also found the "remix" anti-male, whic...I also found the "remix" anti-male, which is sad too. A biased predicate is equally biased if you negate it, and gender equality should not work like that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-11753071124798098952014-11-24T06:44:56.010-06:002014-11-24T06:44:56.010-06:00The book is over 4 years old. The remix I saw was...The book is over 4 years old. The remix I saw was very anti-male. Are all Barbie books this silly in the eyes of the people in the field they represent? Also, if Skipper was so far into her report, how did it all of a sudden become about her sister "fixing" the computer she broke in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-53909583045219392882014-11-23T22:46:07.258-06:002014-11-23T22:46:07.258-06:00The reaction to the book has been fantastic. Check...The reaction to the book has been fantastic. Check out the twitter hashtag #FeministHackerBarbie, as well as the webapp http://computer-engineer-barbie.herokuapp.com/ where you can edit the text of your favorite page to be less stupidly sexist.<br /><br />Here's my attempt: https://twitter.com/jeremyjkun/status/536673008589737985j2kunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041921049916424212noreply@blogger.com