[UbuntuWomen] Event naming concern

[Caroline Ford]

So the video isn't actually called "Two Parties, One State" but "Two
girls, one cup". Is this even close enough??

Caroline

2008/7/25 NurseGirl <thealp+ubuntu at gmail.com>:
> Jan: if you look up "2 girls 1 cup in the urban dictionary, then
> you'll read a description (please don't Google it!)
>
> Christina: I would probably initially focus on the legal and
> perception issues of something like Ubuntu (which is humanity for all,
> not just adults) tacitly winking and nodding towards potential issues
> of contributing to the delinquency of minors. Not only might people
> bring their kids, but there are many underage Ubuntu users, and some
> might either come to the event or might at least have read the
> planning steps and the invitation.
>
> While there's a lot of reasons why the name is also problematic in
> terms of being gender-inclusive, my guess is people will respond most
> quickly to that.
>
> NurseGirl
>
> On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Jan Claeys <lists at janc.be> wrote:
>> Op dinsdag 22-07-2008 om 17:13 uur [tijdzone -0400], schreef Christina
>> Eater:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Ehm, I guess I don't get the reference...   ;)
>>
>> First of all, why was this video bad, so that a reference to it would be
>> offensive?
>>
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