I wanted to link to this series of tweets back when I first saw them on Twitter, but thought I’d wait for a compilation link. And thus delivered! This history lesson/rant/sermon by Alice Maz reframes what we know about computer programming, where it came from, and who it’s for; and expertly illustrates how science/technical work get genderized with corresponding decline of prestige and pay for female-dominated industry. Ouch. Witness:
men better recognize: programming was ours first, and we’re here to take it back
Read it allllll the way down to where she flips the scenarios to show how arbitrary and ridiculous it is.
Re: this, worth pointing out that coding fields masculine/logical vs feminine/intuitive is essentially arbitrary https://t.co/0RdyByuffI
— Alice Maz (@alicemazzy) July 16, 2015
*Mind-blown*