[UbuntuWomen] Event naming concern

[Elizabeth Bevilacqua]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Christina Eater
<christina.eater at gmail.com> wrote:
> The Local Community team for my area is hosting a couple of
> simultaneous BBQs/LAN parties in a month, which is great. But one of
> the members casually named the dual event "Two Parties, One State" in
> reference to a pornographic video that circulated around the internet
> for a while. I find the name alienating and offensive, but have been
> at a loss to explain why. I've already responded to the person
> privately, but can anyone help me come up with an explanation, or
> maybe some talking points, in case the topic comes up in conversation
> with others?

Face, meet palm.

I'd seen this title, and your "what the heck?" public reply, and I
still didn't get the reference. Ugh.

I just withdrew the support for the LAN party (which I offered
Pennsylvania's help with), contingent upon a name change. I'm not sure
how to recommend others deal with this, but I'm sorta known as a
feminist trouble-maker anyway so it's not going to hurt my geek cred
;)

-- 
Elizabeth Bevilacqua
http://www.princessleia.com