rtucker · August 21, 2018 23:54 · rtucker · May 7, 2018 · spacedvb · Aug 21, 2018
diff --git a/woman-here.txt b/woman-here.txt
 Hi there!

 I’m not on the list (and would rather not spend the time hand-jamming headers
 to keep this at its proper place in the thread), but I do have a response to
 https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00196.html.  You may choose to
 post this if you’d like, with attribution.

 > So in this discussion we should watch for any bias. How many women have
 > spoken up? When the actual experience of a woman has been brought up, have
 > we paid all due attention? Etc.

 Hi, woman here.

 The original joke is neither funny nor appropriate, and I fully support its
 removal.  Don’t worry, I’m not “triggered” by it, and I’m not going to go home
 and cry or anything like that.  But I do understand the message that Dr.
 Stallman and Mr. Oliva are conveying by steadfastly refusing to accept what
 the community is saying.

 The message I get from this isn’t “censorship is bad” or “reproductive health
 care is a right” or even “the government shouldn’t interfere in a person’s
 right to do what they and their doctor deem necessary.”  The message I get
 from this is “we think abortion is funny and we’ll fight to the end for our
 right to joke about it.”

 As it turns out, abortion isn’t funny.  I’d recommend starting here to learn
 more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion

 You want to make a stand for health care rights and against the government’s
 interference in them?  Great.  I’d welcome a statement from the FSF, posted in
 a place that isn’t deep in the bowels of some difficult-to-find technical
 documentation.

 You want to crack a joke about how abort() reminds you of abortion?  In the
 official documentation for arguably the most popular implementation of
 abort()?  No.  Just, no.  It’s a serious matter, literally life-or-death in
 some circumstances, but it is always life-changing.

 I would bolster this with my credentials as a part of the glibc community, but
 history is littered with the ruined husks of tech careers of the women who dared
 to challenge the opinions of men, and I really need to pay my rent and finish
 a release.

 Thanks,

 -- 
 Rey Tucker (she/her)
 rey@reytucker.us
	Hi there!

	I’m not on the list (and would rather not spend the time hand-jamming headers
	to keep this at its proper place in the thread), but I do have a response to
	https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2018-05/msg00196.html. You may choose to
	post this if you’d like, with attribution.

	> So in this discussion we should watch for any bias. How many women have
	> spoken up? When the actual experience of a woman has been brought up, have
	> we paid all due attention? Etc.

	Hi, woman here.

	The original joke is neither funny nor appropriate, and I fully support its
	removal. Don’t worry, I’m not “triggered” by it, and I’m not going to go home
	and cry or anything like that. But I do understand the message that Dr.
	Stallman and Mr. Oliva are conveying by steadfastly refusing to accept what
	the community is saying.

	The message I get from this isn’t “censorship is bad” or “reproductive health
	care is a right” or even “the government shouldn’t interfere in a person’s
	right to do what they and their doctor deem necessary.” The message I get
	from this is “we think abortion is funny and we’ll fight to the end for our
	right to joke about it.”

	As it turns out, abortion isn’t funny. I’d recommend starting here to learn
	more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion

	You want to make a stand for health care rights and against the government’s
	interference in them? Great. I’d welcome a statement from the FSF, posted in
	a place that isn’t deep in the bowels of some difficult-to-find technical
	documentation.

	You want to crack a joke about how abort() reminds you of abortion? In the
	official documentation for arguably the most popular implementation of
	abort()? No. Just, no. It’s a serious matter, literally life-or-death in
	some circumstances, but it is always life-changing.

	I would bolster this with my credentials as a part of the glibc community, but
	history is littered with the ruined husks of tech careers of the women who dared
	to challenge the opinions of men, and I really need to pay my rent and finish
	a release.

	Thanks,

	--
	Rey Tucker (she/her)
	rey@reytucker.us