Re:Violet Blue: What happened with my Security BSides talk
by cupcake-unicorn on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @11:01PM
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I wonder what would have happened if that was the talk to be cancelled? That's a triggery topic regardless of gender.
Re:Violet Blue: What happened with my Security BSides talk
by rdl on Tuesday February 26, 2013 @11:50PM
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IMO it should be about cost/benefit.
I'd never put a Bond Girl in my talk (I might have at one point, but now I'm convinced it's slightly offensive); there's no reason. A Lena photo for an image processing talk, maybe, because that's essentially the standard.
However, I'd be fine with a talk about sex, drugs, rape, suicide, etc., if it served a purpose. It has to be in the right venue, and I think BSides actually is a good venue for a lot of those topics (or CCC, or HAL/HIP/etc., or parts of Defcon, or Hope, but not RSA). It should be disclosed up front, and ideally way in advance.
Re:Violet Blue: What happened with my Security BSides talk
by bird_in_hand on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @02:28PM
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It doesn't make anybody feel singled out though. People affected by suicide and depression are much less visible of a population, and I think they'd be a lot less likely to have negative experiences at the conference as a direct consequence of the talk. If anything, that's a topic that doesn't get enough exposure. Sex does.
She has a few talks on slightly edgy topics which she gives at different venues. The "hackers and suicide" one from CCC was probably more interesting, but that was just delivered 2 months ago to a largely overlapping audience.