Nun reflects, then returns.

[sistawendy]

I had drinks with college chum H last night and told her pretty much everything I could remember about my life since I'd seen her last, which was right after surgery three-and-a-third years ago. And you know what? I didn't realize just how awesome that time has been. I mean, I knew good things had happened, but telling all those stories brought it home to me how good it is to feel young when you're not young. I guess dating and work shenanigans had been bringing me down enough lately to need that uplift. Resolved: make the next three-and-a-third years worthy of more stories for H.

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Oh yeah: I'm back home from the conference. Did I learn anything? Yes. Was it worth StartupCo's money or my time? Not in my estimation. I've gained a new appreciation for E, the woman who does my employer's analogous conference and does a much better job of vetting the content.

E, by the way, is another queer woman, as were a surprisingly high proportion of the women at this week's conference. Yes, we all know women are underrepresented in the tech industry, but are relatively many of those few women dykes? And if so, why? The tech industry has at least historically been more tolerant of queers than most, though brogrammers may be changing that. Or is it that queer women are more likely to say a mental "fuck you" to the meme that tech is for boys because they say that to all memes that X is for boys for some X? If it's the latter, I pity straight women, and not for the first time.

Comments

[ivy]

Yes, I totally think queer ladies are disproportionately represented among the ladies of tech. I don't know why... part of me agrees that if one is willing to buck convention in one way, it's easier to do it in other ways as well. But it's still kinda tentative as hypotheses go.

Glad you had a good time! Let me know if/when you'd like to have tea or something. I'm on call until Monday morning, so relatively sedate and may be interrupted at any moment, but can do low-key tea if you don't mind a possible work interruption before then, or more committed tea afterwards. Up to you! [grin]

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

I'll be at Norwescon tomorrow, and I'll be with my son tonight & Sunday night. My Portland trip is next week. How does Sunday afternoon sound?

[ivy]

mimerki and I were going to go to Cupcake Royale to have a marshmallow peep cupcake each, heh. Does that sound delicious to you, or would you prefer a one-on-one tea afterwards? (We were thinking of going somewhere in the 2 to 3 PM range.)

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Peeps are more than a little horrifying to me. Let's do one-on-one tea afterwards. How's 5:00 at Remedy?

[ivy]

Hahaha, they are one of those polarizing things! 5 PM at Remedy it is; I'll try not to mention my unfood deviance of a few hours previous. See you there!