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Re:When Nerds Collide (2014) by reitanqild on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @11:52AM (#9184680)
> It's an odd definition of personal privilege you have,

Which is most privileged:

  * Developer evangelist vs developer-on-the-floor
  * 10 000 twitter followers vs nothing
> It's also an odd definition of professional victim, where publicly being a 'victim' results in you getting booted out of the profession.

Why she was booted from her profession was because she misused her position, -in a way that caused significant harm to the employer.

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Re:When Nerds Collide (2014) by zo1 on Thursday March 12, 2015 @06:13AM (#9189898)
>"Why she was booted from her profession was because she misused her position," And if you take that at face-value, it's ironically, the very thing that feminists are supposedly fighting against in terms of sexism in the workplace.
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