Let's talk about one of the standard test images in CS, Lenna:pic.twitter.com/BSuVHA2jyR
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Let's talk about one of the standard test images in CS, Lenna:pic.twitter.com/BSuVHA2jyR
This image is actually a cropped photo from Playboy of Lena Söderberg the full original image is here: NSFW http://std3.ru/57/a9/1382360119-57a9226b58e2e1baa311e9f0f6fa0728.jpg …
On it's own it innocuous enough, but the full version would not be considered profession in most working environments.
But it's still considered a standard test image for testing rendering/graphics anything to do with images.
I have no issue with nudity, porn, etc, but my point is every time I read a paper, look at a library this image comes up.
So every time I am working with any of those things it feels like a stinging reminder that this was selected by the male gaze.
It's a microaggression. It's a papercut. But every time it comes up. Every time. It's there.
The reminders that I am assumed to not be the sort of person in the industry are there and part of making tech less toxic is removing these
`@lindseybieda One nice thing to come of this is that Lenna attended the 50th Anniversary IS&T conference in 1997: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~chuck/lennapg/lenna_visit.html …
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