>I would feel really uncomfortable if I was in the same room as this person. What if I accidentally say something that she finds offensive? Am I next?
Next to what? Adria didn't fire anyone...
Next to what? Adria didn't fire anyone...
Next to be told I'm sexist and I'm the reason women don't enter the technology field.
Next to have my public shaming celebrated over a private remark I thought was tame.
Next to be involved in an asymmetrical Twitter smear campaign I can't respond to because I don't command thousands of followers.
Being slandered on Twitter is far from non-trivial. I too would walk on eggshells in the company of someone with a track record of over-reacting like this.
Because Adria didn't call them sexist, certainly not in the twitter or blog posts I've read. She just said it made her uncomfortable.
She accused them of being sexist, referring to the action as harassment and calling the individuals involved "assclowns".
I don't really see how the joke is sexist either, but that's not really the issue here.
I find the concern of being in the same room as her incredibly stupid.
You're entitled to your opinion, of course, but what's being discussed here isn't the ability to perform an action but the willingness to do so on a whim.
I think that goes for most people. I would be concerned and i'm female. What if i disagree with her? Its not stupid, its cautious.
You should be more afraid at the veritable brigade of angry internet-goers who were stirred up to the point of DDoS'ing her ex-employer and harassing her. But no, focus on the woman who posted a single photograph on her twitter feed. I'm sure she's more dangerous.