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Somewhat #InvisibleWomen BBC radio doc’ on design ignoring the existence of women www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Discovery - Women Not Included...

So the issue of #InvisibleWomen started some time ago? https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/14/ancient-dna-analysis-reveals-upton-lovell-shaman-was-woman-wiltshire?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_Women%3A_Exposing_Data_Bias_in_a_World_Designed_for_Men?wprov=sfla1

Toddler is awake so we moved to the exhibit about how women were historically overlooked in medical research and how that has current healthcare implications.

There's a CPR dummy thingy. The little Hobbit not only didn't save someone but I think we can argue they actively made it worse.

#InvisibleWomen

I listened to Invisible Women by @ccriadoperez and I haven't recovered. Did you know women are 47% more likely to be seriously injured in a car crash because crash test dummies are male? This book is a masterclass in quiet, devastating proof. 🎧📊 #InvisibleWomen #FeministReads #BookReview

https://viewsshewrites.com/invisible-women/

又在读 #InvisibleWomen ，提到 tech guys 设计手机相关的追踪、监测软件的时候都会假设 the phone is always on you，然后女的就会跳出来说女性的裤子口袋不够大，不会总放在身上。

不是，就算不考虑裤子口袋的大小，难道男的就会真的时时刻刻把手机装在身边吗？设计 Two-factor authentication 还有一帮非要上手机才能登陆、操作的 App 的不会就是这帮天天把手机放在身边还假设每个人都会这么干的傻逼吧？

No TV3 ziņām uzzināju, ka Eiropas gada cilvēku Latvijā nosaukt bija aicināts Pozņaks. Vispār jau mēs bijām divi aicināti un blakus vien stāvējām. Nosauca gan Reinis, jā, tā runu gabaliņus sadalījām. Kaut kā man neiet, ekspertu galdu foto arī tik mati vien.😂 Jāsāk vilkt #redjacket ? #invisiblewomen

#InvisibleWomen "Mir haben [...] Ärzte erzählt, wann sie zum 1. Mal wirklich [glaubten], dass Long Covid existiert: als zB 1 Manager demonstrierte, dass er keine Mail mehr tippen konnte. [...] Offenbar musste erst ein als stark und erfolgreich bewerteter Mann typische Long-Covid-Symptome schildern"

On this topic, let me also link to a very recent article that was presented in a talk organised by the equal opportunity group within this conference, titled "How well-intentioned white male physicists maintain ignorance of inequity and justify inaction" because I think it describes the issue: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-023-00433-8
#InvisibleWomen #DPG #SAMOP #WomenInSTEM #WomenInPhysics

Closing session of a big physics conference. Four men in suits are on the stage and congratulate each other for the great (scientific) organisation. They also thank the "A-team" responsible for most hands-on administration and organization - three women standing next to the stage.
Guy on the stage: "I know they don't want to be up here, let's just give them some applause".
#InvisibleWomen

This gives me time to listen to some newscasts and do some reading. For example this recommendable storified review of #InvisibleWomen in @decorrespondent (a non fiction book that actually made me cry, read it 3 years ago, rightly recommended) https://open.decorrespondent.nl/15178/ik-zie-ik-zie-wat-jij-niet-ziet-hoe-de-onzichtbaarheid-van-de-vrouw-de-wereld-vormt/bb0cb406-2647-0e79-0b02-8dac5e0aff85/app-open (in🇳🇱!)

Photos tell a thousand stories of youth homelessness and aging out of foster care
Also: Women, unNOTICED and interrupted
https://www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/photos-tell-a-thousand-stories-of-youth-homelessness-and-aging-out-of-foster-care/

Morning File by @SuzanneR70
#Halifax #youthhomelessness #invisiblewomen #news

在看 #InvisibleWomen，说到坐公交和走路的人群中女性比较多，所以 1990 年维也纳的 head of gender planning Eva Kail 多方面优化了行人道。我震惊，优化人行道不是造福全人类的事情吗，竟然要通过 gender planning 才能做到吗？
还说女性坐公交和走路比较多，因为女性更穷而且要带孩子，我又震惊，什么，难道坐公交和走路不是因为环保吗？
（果然我就是很难看到跟性别相关的因素，再一次证明了我活在理想世界里
（但我也没感觉坐公交的女性更多的样子，有机会数数看好了

#读书

uh late 90s early aughts kept meeting University of Delaware alum at same Halloween party. OMG dead Courtney Love designer art director at #RollingStone They were un/underpaid intern for 5+ yrs other alum there for 10+ yrs. Said it was kinda skid mark icky place for gals to work but she did covers met heroes. How I first learned abt exploitation of #interns at many hi profile gigs and #InvisibleWomen

The Guardian view on invisible women: cancelled by history, restored with care
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/06/the-guardian-view-on-invisible-women-cancelled-by-history-restored-with-care?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#InvisibleWomen

@tishkova I read this (in English), and learned a lot from it. More people should read it!
Regarding reading pleasure however… didn’t enjoy it much. It’s depressing of course, but the writing is also so very repetitive… There are only so many ways to present statistical facts. 😐 #InvisibleWomen

@nathanlovestrees @writingcommunity big ups for replying w a paper in ez to read pdf. Read like 4+ pgs cuz 12 is many. Went thru a transcendental kick for awhile myself so not hating on him. NGL Some societal soup made even the suggestion of #InvisibleWomen land differently w me cuz I’m a woman who dug his work.

"Der Großteil der Menschheitsgeschichte ist eine einzige Datenlücke."

#firstwords #InvisibleWomen #UnsichtbareFrauen #GenderDataGap #CriadoPerez

A little thank you for the love & kindnesses from those who read and shared (& subscribed to) this week's Substack, and from those who tagged me on International Women's Day. It means a lot :)

(I meant for this to be a selfie, but Rufus (claws and all) photobombed.)

#ThankYou #WaterlooRegion #InternationalWomensDay2023 #WomenLeaders #InvisibleWomen #FoodWriter #Hospitality #Restaurants #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #PlatinumHairDontCare #SilverHairDontCare

https://open.substack.com/pub/cardamomaddict/p/a-womans-place-in-the-kitchen?r=5fkat&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Reading #InvisibleWomen #CriadoPerez. I'm only on the introduction and steam is coming out of my ears.

I read Invisible Women by Caroline Criado Perez some time ago. Trying to use voice to text when I couldn't type in the earliest days after my broken wrist reminded me that gender bias is built into that system + so many others.

"AI systems misrecognize women’s voices and faces more often than men’s, which makes it more difficult for women to use these technologies and enjoy their benefits." ‐Rosalie Waelen and Michał Wieczorek
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-022-00548-w
#InvisibleWomen #GenderBias #accessibility