“

You guys, ladies suck at technology and the New York Times is ON IT.


Radia “Mother of the Internet” Perlman and the ghosts of RADM Grace Hopper, Ada Lovelace and every woman who worked in technology for the past 150 years frown upon you, sir. Women may have been invisible, but the work we did laid the groundwork for more visible advancements now credited to more famous men.


“Men are credited with inventing the internet.” There. Fixed it for you.


I ragequit this article like, 10 times, and couldn’t get past that awful opening line. But eventually, I managed to put down my frying pan and unbunch my apron, and I sat down on my princess tuffet and asked a man to help me read the whole thing.

”

Xeni on : NYT -“MEN invented the internet” (via wilwheaton)

Seriously?

Go read this article, but keep away from sharp objects. Because when it comes to ignoring the contributions of a generation of overlooked female computer scientists (including people like my mom), the New York Times is ON IT.

(via jtotheizzoe)

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