Austin’s annual music & film festival South by SouthWest hasn’t historically provided the most welcoming environment for women, but that’s beginning to change. Several panels this year focus on issues facing female journalists, and so far no startups have been reduced to hiring women to attend their parties yet. Here are a few of the things the women of SXSW are up to this year.
Making new friends:
I point out bigotry on Reddit at SXSW. Redditors vandalize my wiki page, send me insults, and attack other women w a similar name. They mad
— Rebecca the Undead (@rebeccawatson) March 9, 2013
Doing something every day that scares them:
Wish me luck. I’m braving the Austin Convention Center for @alyssarosenberg‘s Women and Sex in TV panel at 3:30 #sxsw
— Gwen Reyes (@ReelVixen) March 9, 2013
Having it all:
Neofeminism: women MUST be able to both have children and speak on panels about having children and speaking on panels. #sxsw @slaughteram
— Virginia Heffernan (@page88) March 9, 2013
Talking about ambition and opportunity:
Ageism is much of the reason that women can’t get back onto the fast track — @slaughteram at SXSW making point that is too rarely made
— lisabelkin (@lisabelkin) March 9, 2013
Check out “There’s No Ambition Gap: Truth About Women in Tech” with @nytm‘s Jessica Lawrence TOMORROW at 5pm #SXSW schedule.sxsw.com/2013/events/ev…
— Laurie Jakobsen (@jaybirdcom) March 9, 2013
Charting the future of porn:
Mainly women in the queue for #futureofporn @cindygallop #yay #sxsw
— sitdowncomedian (@sitdowncomedian) March 9, 2013
Dressing practically:
Men AND women love turtlenecks at the Denver airport! #sxsw #graceisstuck
— Grace Helbig (@gracehelbig) March 9, 2013
Talking about ‘girliness’:
DON’T MISS “Is Women’s Media Too Girly?” with HuffPost’s @mwjohnso tomorrow at #sxsw bit.ly/YTVelE
— Lori Leibovich (@lorileibovich) March 9, 2013
Hollering about exploitation:
Last year I got angry. This year I’m doing something about it. If you see #WOMEN being used as schwag at #SXSW holler sxsw2013diw.tumblr.com/post/445666245…
— Alexis Finch (@agentFin) March 4, 2013
Enjoying the short bathroom lines:
Only at #sxsw – there’s a line for the men’s bathroom but none for the women’s twitter.com/1in500million/…
— J. Fer Wang (@1in500million) March 9, 2013
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