Agreed and it also makes me feel good to see she/her pronouns in the case for "the programmer" honestly
I know it's minor, but every pronoun use seeds the internet with more data, and I like seeing societal efforts to fight normative pronouns for professions
This is the main reason I switched from alternating pronouns to using entirely she/her and they/them in my papers.
I mean, not so much seeding the internet there. In the case of papers, seeding community expectations

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7 Apr
Researchers' trust probably won't be regained without a more individual approach to this, though. We are a small and tightly knit community; there is not really a way to regain trust while ignoring damage to individuals in our community.
That Google can't see this is concerning. Also, losing researchers' trust has a contagious effect in the engineering recruiting pool by way of faculty opinions.
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7 Apr
I guess to people confused, my research community is now discussing whether and, if so, how to remame a proof assistant called Coq. The name is meaningful in French, but the English innuendo was known and a part of the "joke" when it was first named decades ago.
The person who named it this has a pattern of acting harmfully.

geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Zipper_in…
And multiple women in the community (myself included) have been at best laughed at and at worse harassed for talking about our work in public or to students.
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6 Apr
I really need a break from communities run by and for men, honestly. I know I sometimes come across as aggressive, but I rarely do in spaces run by women and other gender minorities. It's just that to exist as a woman in this area, it feels like you constantly have to fight.
And you have to be careful to fight just hard enough for the amount of power and privilege you have at any point, and in the right ways. And the last few months for me have been reminder after reminder that this is true. These are important things to know, but also exhausting.
Sometimes it's nice to just exist.
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6 Apr
There's always one 🙄 Image
Imagine thinking the zipper incident was a good thing: geekfeminism.wikia.org/wiki/Zipper_in…
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6 Apr
Quick Talia communication guide: When I propose something, I expect people to counter it by raising concerns combined with potential solutions, then I'll counter and propose in response, and so on until we reach consensus.
Similarly, when someone else proposes an idea, and I counter it by raising concerns and potential solutions, I am engaging excitedly and in good faith to work toward consensus.
The frame is collaborative: let's work together to think of better ideas than either of us could think of alone!
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5 Apr
Spending an hour of my Sunday singing in a private Zoom meeting with myself to help record the PLDI song 😊👩‍🎤🎶
lol so much of this song is in my transition range (A-C)
For sure nobody asked me to harmonize with myself but I did it anyways and I hope they use it
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