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Sexist software developers exposed on Twitter: Interview with women developers

During the week following March 8, a conference panel was criticized for being composed only of men. The organizers were interrogated for not including any women on the panel about a relatively old programming...

8 March 1987: Feminist magazine started its publication life

As the dates showed March 8, 1987, a magazine calling itself directly “feminist” began its publication life. After passing through the suggestions such as Aybaşı , Oklava , Cariyeniz , Cadı , Elimizin Hamuru...

4 February 1983: The 4th Page of Somut Magazine

Somut (Concrete) magazine is a periodical publication of the Writers’ Cooperative (Yazko) which was active in the period of September 12 . It is also a valuable publishing experience for feminists. The adventure of...

A tale as old as time: misogyny and humor

Misogyny, deep-seated in history for thousands of years, is related to anger, mistrust, jealousy, and hatred against women’s bodily capacities and overlaps with the desire to enslave, exploit, and control women's bodily potentialities. No...