erinn clark

With my deepest apologies to Tatsuya Ishida, we have a variation on an original (a la Michael's):

Shout outs go to Dana once again for her mastery of all things graphical!

Occasionally I get emails from men who want to congratulate me on the success or idea behind Debian Women. I'm generally happy to receive these emails -- indeed, some of them have gone into lengthy explanations of why they think it's needed and a good idea or what have you. Invariably, they end their emails with a comment similar to one of the below:

• "We need more women in Linux for user-interface / usability things."
• "And, you know, being a male, I really enjoy looking at pretty gurl Linux users! I just can't help it, please forgive me for being so gauche."
• "Oh, and here's a picture of me". Yeah, wink wink, nudge nudge

I'm not sure if they expect a reply. Given some of the content in their emails (which I never reply to if they have comments like these) it seems like they do, but you'd never know it with such stereotypical behavior. Women are not only good for usability-related tasks, I don't want to hear about your biological imperative, you're not forgiven for being gauche, and if I want pictures of you, I'll ask.