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* The attention paid to Matthew's feminist ally work relative to the work of women feminists in Free Software has been negatively commented on:
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* The attention paid to Matthew's feminist ally work relative to the work of women feminists in Free Software has been negatively commented on: "...people seem to listen to him/quote him/use him as an example regularly, because his words are more powerful, because he has a mighty penis. I wish any of the excellent resources on this subject WRITTEN BY WOMEN got half the attention his rant did." [http://damned-colonial.dreamwidth.org/28044.html?thread=305292#t305292]
"...people seem to listen to him/quote him/use him as an example regularly, because his words are more powerful, because he has a mighty penis. I wish any of the excellent resources on this subject WRITTEN BY WOMEN got half the attention his rant did." [http://damned-colonial.dreamwidth.org/28044.html?thread=305292#t305292]
 

Revision as of 00:54, 16 June 2009

Matthew Garrett is a Linux kernel developer and is well-known for his work on power management. He is an employee of Red Hat. He has a PhD in biology.

Matthew has made feminist commentary on several anti-feminist incidents in the Free Software community:

His How not to be a dick rant at LUGRadio Live was discussed in feminist blogs (for example, see transcript and a discussion at Hoyden About Town).

Criticism

  • The attention paid to Matthew's feminist ally work relative to the work of women feminists in Free Software has been negatively commented on: "...people seem to listen to him/quote him/use him as an example regularly, because his words are more powerful, because he has a mighty penis. I wish any of the excellent resources on this subject WRITTEN BY WOMEN got half the attention his rant did." [1]