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1. Policing and Decision Ethics

   I’ve been thinking a lot about cultural policing, including the geek policing of “fake geek girls”. In a draft about privilege and geek meritocracy …

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2. Insights on privilege

   I appreciate any feedback folks are kind enough to leave on a new draft: Saying it so doesn’t make it so: Insights on privilege …

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3. When nerds collide?

   I enjoyed reading Meredith Patterson’s recent essay “When Nerds Collide: My Intersectionality Will Have Weirdoes Or It Will Be Bullshit.” While reading it I …

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4. Privilege, Slights, and Hanlon’s Razor

   I think one of the reasons for my discomfort with many of the arguments I see online (especially in the Twitter context, like the #stopwadhwa2015 …

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5. The Metaphors of Privilege

   Privilege is often understood by way of metaphor. Like any tool, a given metaphor is apt for some tasks more so than others. Even so …

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6. Wadhwa and Geek Feminism

   In watching the twitter storm about #stopwadhwa2015 I’m struck by two things, but first, some context—which as we will see, is problematic in …

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7. A Cultural History of Privilege

   The notion of privilege, an unearned advantage relative to and perhaps at the expense of others, first arose in the context of class and racism …

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8. Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

   Popular discussions often make use of terms and concepts divorced from their origins. When I investigate, I’m sometimes delighted to find trenchant essays whose …

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9. The Masters’ Tools

   Contemporary discussions often make use of terms and concepts divorced from their origins. When I investigate, I’m sometimes delighted to find trenchant essays whose …

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