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On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 10:37 -0500, Michelle Murrain wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">There was actually a very interesting conversation about that very issue </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">on the Ubuntu-women list a while back. One of the problems is that some </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">women feel that they can become a target of harassment if they use their </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> full, real names. I know on IRC, since my whois has my real name, it </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">has been quite common for me to get harassing PMs on freenode, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">especially if I'm hanging out on #ubuntu (which I rarely do anymore for </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">that very reason.)</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">So ... I'm not exactly sure what to suggest, but I just want to let </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">people know that it's not as simple as it appears.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Peace,</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Michelle</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">-- </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Michelle Murrain</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Coordinator, Nonprofit Open Source Initiative</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"><A HREF="http://nosi.net">http://nosi.net</A></FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Skype: pearlbear</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">AIM: pearlbear0</FONT>
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Slightly OT: <A HREF="http://xkcd.com/322/">http://xkcd.com/322/</A><BR>
Anyone here who doesn't read XKCD... you should!
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