Comments on: For the Ladies http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/for-the-ladies Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:46:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Genevieve http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/for-the-ladies/comment-page-1#comment-131 Genevieve Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:49:15 +0000 http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/for-the-ladies#comment-131 Ok, so first I was all about the map belt because let's be honest here... it kinda rules. The I went and saw the Zelda/Zepp t-shirt and I was smitten. I think the only work I can use to describe it is fantastic. Ok, so first I was all about the map belt because let’s be honest here… it kinda rules. The I went and saw the Zelda/Zepp t-shirt and I was smitten. I think the only work I can use to describe it is fantastic.

]]> By: Jacob http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/for-the-ladies/comment-page-1#comment-125 Jacob Wed, 01 Aug 2007 20:14:11 +0000 http://www.geekstudies.org/2007/08/for-the-ladies#comment-125 Hmm, I don't know. This appears to be the same sort of mindless gadget drooling that's offered by Gizmodo and its brethren, with a pretty pink color scheme and a slight weighting towards posts about vibrators. If this is what geek culture has decided to offer women, I can see why its a male dominated subculture. There's surely a lot of woman-related technology out there, but I'm pretty sure the only way to present it is to approach it at least a little critically. Gadget blogs, with their press release regurgitating ways, don't seem like the right way to do this. Then again, I'm pretty grouchy in general when it comes to product review blogs. Bah! Hmm, I don’t know. This appears to be the same sort of mindless gadget drooling that’s offered by Gizmodo and its brethren, with a pretty pink color scheme and a slight weighting towards posts about vibrators. If this is what geek culture has decided to offer women, I can see why its a male dominated subculture.

There’s surely a lot of woman-related technology out there, but I’m pretty sure the only way to present it is to approach it at least a little critically. Gadget blogs, with their press release regurgitating ways, don’t seem like the right way to do this.

Then again, I’m pretty grouchy in general when it comes to product review blogs. Bah!

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