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Let's list and track some of the loci of intense Internet discussion in feminism and geek feminism. Please add milestones, mailing list or blog/website/wiki beginnings. Add particular notable controversies and kerfluffles at [[timeline of incidents]].
  
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Let's list and track some of the loci of intense Internet discussion in feminism and geek feminism. Please add milestones, mailing list or blog/website/wiki beginnings. Add particular notable controversies and kerfluffles at [[timeline of incidents]].
   
 
== 1977 ==
  
== 1977 ==
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== 1988 ==
  
== 1988 ==
 
* [[Comp.society.women]] founded
  
* [[Comp.society.women]] founded
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== 1993 ==
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* [[geekgirl]] [http://geekgirl.com.au]created by rosiex
   
 
== 1996 ==
  
== 1996 ==
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* [[Jo Walton]] [http://papersky.livejournal.com/35050.html pours coke] on [[David Brin]]'s head at [[Boskone]].
  
* [[Jo Walton]] [http://papersky.livejournal.com/35050.html pours coke] on [[David Brin]]'s head at [[Boskone]].
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* [[misbehaving.net]] founded
   
 
== 2004 ==
  
== 2004 ==
   
 
* [[Debian Women]] founded by [[Erinn Clark]] and [[Amaya Rodrigo Sastre]]
  
* [[Debian Women]] founded by [[Erinn Clark]] and [[Amaya Rodrigo Sastre]]
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* [[Google]] begins awarding the [[Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship]]
   
 
== 2005 ==
  
== 2005 ==
   
 
* [[Girl Geek Dinners]] started by [[Sarah Blow]] in London
  
* [[Girl Geek Dinners]] started by [[Sarah Blow]] in London
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* [[Women@apache.org]] mailing list founded
   
 
== 2006 ==
  
== 2006 ==
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* Sudden rise of [[Feminist Comics Blogging]]
  
* Sudden rise of [[Feminist Comics Blogging]]
 
* [[Wikichix]] founded
  
* [[Wikichix]] founded
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* One-off round of the [[Outreach Program for Women]].
   
 
== 2007 ==
  
== 2007 ==
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* First [[LinuxChix miniconf]] at [[Linux.conf.au]]
  
* First [[LinuxChix miniconf]] at [[Linux.conf.au]]
 
* First [[WIOS]] (Women in Open Source) miniconf at [[SCALE]]
  
* First [[WIOS]] (Women in Open Source) miniconf at [[SCALE]]
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* First [http:///index.php?title=She%27s_Geeky&action=edit&redlink=1 She's Geeky] unconference
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* First [[She's Geeky]] unconference
 
* [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/sounder/2007-May/010269.html An Open Letter to the Open Source Community] by [[Melissa Draper]]
  
* [https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/sounder/2007-May/010269.html An Open Letter to the Open Source Community] by [[Melissa Draper]]
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== 2008 ==
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* http://Geekspeakr.com launched - Directory of women technical speakers
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* April:
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** the [[Backup Project]], encouraging people to intervene in event harassment, is founded
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* May:
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** [[Skud]] begins the [[Geek Feminism Wiki (project)|Geek Feminism Wiki]] (ie, this wiki)
   
 
== 2009 ==
  
== 2009 ==
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See also ''[[2009 women in FLOSS discussions]]'' for a series of discussions in this year.
  
See also ''[[2009 women in FLOSS discussions]]'' for a series of discussions in this year.
   
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* January:
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** [[linux.conf.au]]'s first [[Linux.conf.au diversity delegates|diversity delegates]] attend
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* April:
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** Open beta of [[Dreamwidth]], a majority-female [[FLOSS]] project
 
* July:
  
* July:
 
** [[Python community diversity list]] started
  
** [[Python community diversity list]] started
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* September:
  
* September:
 
**First [[Diversity in Open Source Workshop]] at the Ohio LinuxFest
  
**First [[Diversity in Open Source Workshop]] at the Ohio LinuxFest
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**[[FOSS Women planet]] founded
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** [[FOSS Women planet]] founded
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**[[FSF mini-summit on Women in Free Software]]
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** [[FSF mini-summit on Women in Free Software]]
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** [[Women In Free Software]] mailing list founded
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* October:
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** [[Python Diversity Statement]] released
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** [[Google]] offers diversity scholarships to open source conference attendees ([[Linux.conf.au]], [[PyCon]], ???)
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** Three women win [[Nobel Prize]]s
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* November:
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** First [[She's Geeky]] unconference in Washington D. C.
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** (projected) open beta of the [[Archive Of Our Own]], a majority-female [[FLOSS]] project
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== 2010 ==
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* January:
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** [[linux.conf.au]]: [[Haecksen miniconf]] (replacing LinuxChix miniconf), second year of [[Linux.conf.au diversity delegates|diversity delegates]]
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* May:
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** [[Backup Ribbon Project]] founded.
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* June:
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** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Feminism|WikiProject Feminism]] established on English Wikipedia.
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* November:
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** [[Conference anti-harassment/Policy|Conference anti-harassment policy]] developed for Open Source and technical conferences, by [[Valerie Aurora]] and others.
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* December
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** Round 1 of the revitalised [[Outreach Program for Women]] starts.
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== 2011==
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*January
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**The [[Ada Initiative]] founded.
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**[[Linux.conf.au|linux.conf.au]]: [[Haecksen miniconf]]
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* November
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** [[Men Call Me Things]] twitter campaign
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*** [[Marieke Hardy name-and-shame incident]]
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== 2012==
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*January
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**The [[Ada Initiative]] holds the first [[AdaCamp]]
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**[[linux.conf.au]]: [[LinuxChix and Haecksen miniconferences|Haecksen miniconf]]
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*May
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**[[Anita Sarkeesian]] launches the [[Feminist Frequency]] Kickstarter
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**the [[2012 atheist and skeptic harassment policies campaign]] begins
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*July
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**[[KC]] makes the [[Creeper Move cards]] for DEFCON
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==2013==
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*March
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**Christie Aschwanden creates the [[Finkbeiner test]]
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*July
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**[[Scalzi's harassment pledge]]
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==2014==
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*January
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**[[Model View Culture]]'s first issue
   
 
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* Cerise, Iris gaming mag & forums established
  
* Cerise, Iris gaming mag & forums established
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*Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) established nationally and at many university campuses
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* [[Women 2.0]] founded
  
* [[Women 2.0]] founded
 
* [[DevChix]] founded
  
* [[DevChix]] founded
 
* [[Code n Splode]] founded
  
* [[Code n Splode]] founded
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* [[Ada Lovelace movie]]
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* [[Bechdel test]]

Latest revision as of 07:01, 24 November 2018


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Let's list and track some of the loci of intense Internet discussion in feminism and geek feminism. Please add milestones, mailing list or blog/website/wiki beginnings. Add particular notable controversies and kerfluffles at timeline of incidents.

1977

  • First WisCon (feminist Science Fiction convention)

1980s (approximate)

  • (Sometime in the 80s or very early 90s) FEM-SF listserv established

1987

1988

  • Comp.society.women founded

1993

  • geekgirl [1]created by rosiex

1996

  • (or 1995?) Feminist Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Utopia pages begin (later to become feministsf.net)

1998

2001

  • Carl Brandon Society mailing list established

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

See also 2009 women in FLOSS discussions for a series of discussions in this year.

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Undated

  • Cerise, Iris gaming mag & forums established
  • Women In Science and Engineering (WISE) established nationally and at many university campuses
  • Women 2.0 founded
  • DevChix founded
  • Code n Splode founded
  • Ada Lovelace movie
  • Bechdel test
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