Comments on: Masculine And Feminine In Operating Systems http://jens.mooseyard.com/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/ Little boxes made of words, by Jens Alfke Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: fluffy http://jens.mooseyard.com/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-1811 fluffy Mon, 19 Mar 2007 07:06:35 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/#comment-1811 I dunno, I basically sum it up in the FAQ on my weblog but mostly I'm just apathetic to the whole notion. I dunno, I basically sum it up in the FAQ on my weblog but mostly I’m just apathetic to the whole notion.

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://jens.mooseyard.com/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-1810 Jens Alfke Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:34:57 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/#comment-1810 Fluffy: No gender, or ambiguous gender? Jungian thinking is very much in tune with intersex, since "masculine" and "feminine" are archetypes that exist in all people. The relative proportions tend to be sex-linked (for biological reasons) but intrinsically they are attributes like introvert/extrovert or thinking/feeling that you can mix and match. Fluffy: No gender, or ambiguous gender? Jungian thinking is very much in tune with intersex, since “masculine” and “feminine” are archetypes that exist in all people. The relative proportions tend to be sex-linked (for biological reasons) but intrinsically they are attributes like introvert/extrovert or thinking/feeling that you can mix and match.

]]> By: Jens Alfke http://jens.mooseyard.com/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-1809 Jens Alfke Mon, 19 Mar 2007 06:30:31 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/#comment-1809 Fluxbox: How about <i>Social Text</i>? That's the journal that infamously published the intentionally-absurd spoof article on postmodern physics. Sounds like their standards for bullshit are pretty low! Also, speaking of EuroPoMo thinkers, there's the essay by Umberto Eco where he equated Macs with Catholicism and PCs with Protestantism. But I think he was looking at the hardware more than the OS. Fluxbox: How about Social Text? That’s the journal that infamously published the intentionally-absurd spoof article on postmodern physics. Sounds like their standards for bullshit are pretty low!

Also, speaking of EuroPoMo thinkers, there’s the essay by Umberto Eco where he equated Macs with Catholicism and PCs with Protestantism. But I think he was looking at the hardware more than the OS.

]]> By: fluffy http://jens.mooseyard.com/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 fluffy Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:56:59 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/#comment-1808 I tend not to ascribe genders to things, but on the other hand I also don't ascribe a gender to myself, so that probably already puts me outside of the realm of what could be considered "normal" in this case. I tend not to ascribe genders to things, but on the other hand I also don’t ascribe a gender to myself, so that probably already puts me outside of the realm of what could be considered “normal” in this case.

]]> By: fluxbox (LJ) http://jens.mooseyard.com/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/comment-page-1/#comment-1807 fluxbox (LJ) Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:47:49 +0000 http://mooseyard.com/Jens/2007/03/masculine-and-feminine-in-operating-systems/#comment-1807 Work Lacan into this, and you could get published in any cultural studies journal you can name. (Note that I personally can't name any, but I know they're out there.) Work Lacan into this, and you could get published in any cultural studies journal you can name. (Note that I personally can’t name any, but I know they’re out there.)

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