kwindla

I was a student at The Media Lab from 1996-1999. I was extraordinarily lucky to have had that opportunity. It shaped my life from that period on. 5/15

The Lab was a rich and intellectually diverse place. Faculty and students were, in ways almost completely unique for that time, pushing on the boundaries of what could be done with computers and computation. 6/15

Also, many of the luminaries of our small world regularly behaved in ways that made women uncomfortable. 7/15

Many people, both students and faculty, were open about assuming that women should always have to prove their tech bona fides. 8/15

None of this makes the Media Lab different from the tech industry more generally. Our whole industry is now -- should now -- be facing what Dr. Boyd refers to as a Great Reckoning. 9/15

Here's another local (to me) piece of this Reckoning (via @sarahmei): https://twitter.com/sarahmei/status/1172503580739162115 … 10/15

I grew up in the Free Software movement and was influenced by and looked up to Richard Stallman. I donated to the Free Software Foundation for several years. Eventually, I saw more of Stallman's behavior, and its impact, and stopped giving to the FSF. 11/15

It's past time for the Free Software Foundation to remove Richard Stallman from its board. It's past time for MIT to part ways with him. 12/15