Comments on: Ada Lovelace Day - Audrey Tang

By: Audrey Tang

Audrey Tang — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:04:59 +0000

To feed the reaction formational troll:

Are you bothered by BuckAngel’s vagina, which exists in a representational bitmap?

Are you bothered by AudreyTang’s penis, which exists in a quantum superposition?

Are you bothered by love-laced women who are excellent programmers at all?

Are you bothered by of gender identities, independent yet intertwined with organs designed for sexual copulation?

If you’re hot because you feel bothered, that’s good, since it’s a positive sign that you are alive and is full of libido.

There is no need to shelf that libido under the framework of facts, or under the act of finding. That’s life, and celebrate it!

By: abesapien

abesapien — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 05:47:53 +0000

Fact Finder your post is quite ignorant.

I recommend you research the topic. This is a great place to start: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender

To quote the article: Transgender is the state of one’s “gender identity” (self-identification as woman, man, or neither) not matching one’s “assigned sex” (identification by others as male or female based on physical/genetic sex).

I find it wierd that while we are deep into the year 2009, we still have people in our community that are not aware of this. We are supposed to be the ones leading the global culture into the future, not lagging behind with comments like this.

Furthermore I forgive the comment, and I hope Audrey would as well. I would really appreciate if you would not use the words wierd when talking about her or any other trans-person again.

Do you really think this is a choice someone just wakes up and decides? It takes a lot of bravery for someone to come out and live in this situation and thats why I think it’s important for us to support trans people. There are people just like Audrey who feel the same way, but are afraid to tell people and truly be themselves because of comments like this.

By: Fact Finder

Fact Finder — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:15:09 +0000

You do understand that “she” has a penis, right?
A very weird, and incorrect, choice if you are trying to honor female programmers.

By: Celebrating women in Perl on Ada Lovelace Day | rapid-DEV.net

Celebrating women in Perl on Ada Lovelace Day | rapid-DEV.net — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:28:08 +0000

[...] West honors Audrey Tang, who should need no introduction. Casey’s blog post gives the briefest of summaries of some of Audrey’s amazing [...]

By: Luke Closs

Luke Closs — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:53:26 +0000

I completely agree. Audrey is an amazing source of inspiration for our team - we are super lucky to work with her on a daily basis. She’s always positive in her communication, always lifting people up and moving forward. She inspires everyone to do their best.

I think also what is so lovely about Audrey is that she doesn’t put any problem up on a pedestal. Nothing is too hard, just start doing it and learn as you go. This attitude has spread through our team.

Audrey we love you!

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:20:48 +0000

I agree with you about Audrey. Even though she’s brilliant, she never makes anyone feel bad for being less able. Instead, she inspires you to do what you can (which is often more than you thought you could do).