David Futrelle points out the replacement of the fading GamerGate with the new and exciting Shirtstorm.
By all rights, the furor over rocket scientist Matt Taylor’s cheesecake shirt should have died down by now. After being chided earlier this week for marring the celebration over the landing of a space probe ON A GODDAMNED COMET by doing interviews in a tacky shirt covered with half-naked ladies, Taylor offered a brief but heartfelt apology. You would have thought we’d all be able to move on.
Another piece of ugliness, in case we’re running short: a petition to “fire” Rose Eveleth (although it doesn’t say fire from what).
Rose Eveleth is the woman that started demeaning a scientist in his finest hour for wearing a T-Shirt that was gifted to him by a female friend who designed and made it.
Such behavior is appalling and should not be encouraged. [Read more…]
Originally a comment by Jafafa Hots on Bullied by identity politics.
He could have been upset that he screwed up, and distracted from what should have been an unalloyed celebration.
This. Whether he thinks the furor over the shirt was silly or not, whether he is a misogynist or not… the one thing you can be almost positive of is that he is very passionate about this project.
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I missed something in the text of that fundraiser to buy an expensive prezzy for Matt Taylor to console him for his “abuse” at the hands of the monster feminists.
Matt Taylor is a project scientist for Rosetta, the first human made object to have ever landed on a comet.
He is responsible for the giant leap. It is a glorious moment for human space exploration and future. [Read more…]
It’s nice to see that Richard Dawkins still has some compassion for his fellow human beings, at least. After yesterday we might have thought he simply didn’t know what that might even be, but happily we would have been wrong. He has compassion. He has compassion for people he takes to have been abused by feminists.
Richard Dawkins retweeted
Pharaoh @bpaladin9 · 12 hours ago
@RichardDawkins Richard small token of appreciation is being made to Matt for his abuse. Please consider twting it. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/matt-taylor-rosetta-project-scientist
For his abuse.
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No, that’s not what happened.
Richard Dawkins retweeted
SimpleHarmonics @HarmonicOz · 24 hours ago
@RichardDawkins @SamHarrisOrg @billmaher A man of science has been bullied to tears today by identity politics.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11231320/Rosetta-mission-scientist-Dr-Matt-Taylor-cries-during-apology-over-offensive-shirt.html
Here’s one collection of all the clichés about The Shirt, written by Glenn Reynolds aka Instapundit. It could have been written by Christina Hoff Sommers or Richard Dawkins or Brendan O’Neill or any other hack Limbaugh-lite opinion-giver.
So how are things going for feminism? Well, last week they took one of the great achievements of human history — landing a probe from Earth on a comet hundreds of millions of miles away — and made it all about the clothes.
On the upside though, I’ve discovered an excellent Twitter account to follow, that of biologist Josh Witten, and four tweets that say a thing I keep having occasion to say, and say it beautifully.
Saying you “respect women’s toughness” as a justification for not considering how actions affect others as individuals is a cop out. [Read more…]
So Richard Dawkins is calling astronomer Jennifer L Hoffman a pompous idiot then.
Jennifer L. Hoffman @astroprofhoff
.@weswt @missafayres Am I serious about being respected by colleagues in my professional environment? Uh, yes. #shirtstorm
9:00 PM – 12 Nov 2014
I wonder how many other colleagues and perhaps friends he’s calling pompous idiots.
I think I’ll collect some. Feel free to assist.
There’s Phil Plait:
I tweet about the sexist shirt worn by a scientist & get thoughtful replies. @roseveleth does the same and gets monumentally harassed.
There’s Sean Carroll:
Rosetta landing shows humans are awesome; Rosetta scientist shows individual humans have a long way to go. #shirtgate http://t.co/81UEUFi6x7
5:13 PM – 12 Nov 2014
.@GretaChristina explains (something that shouldn’t need explanation) why Matt Taylor’s shirt was offensive: http://t.co/XUukeo7QMi … #Rosetta
1:52 AM – 15 Nov 2014As context for some concerns sparked by (not about) #Rosetta shirt, this piece on sexism in academic science: http://t.co/B9iQHfr4UZ
7:42 AM – 15 Nov 2014
There’s drug monkey:
Which reminds me- hey scis who want to be edgy and rad….try a man-bun instead of an offensive shirt
11:17 AM – 15 Nov 2014
H/t Hj Hornbeck
There are:
Dr. Raychelle Burks
Dr. Pamela Gay
Dr. Gwen Pearson, “Bug” Gwen just did a couple retweets, which was probably pompous, according to Dawkins
Dr. Nicole Gugliucci
H/t kellym
There is Carolyn Porco:
Carolyn Porco gave Richard Dawkins a response on Twitter, and he took down one of his silly tweets: https://twitter.com/carolynporco/status/533728652739899392
H/t Xanthë
There’s hydrogeologist Scott K Johnson:
.@RichardDawkins Wish you would respect other women’s viewpoints of it more, in addition to @carolynporco ‘s.
Stephanie’s off the top of her head list:
Emily Willingham:https://twitter.com/ejwillingham/status/533356011168346112
Alice Bell: https://twitter.com/alicebell/status/533607352449376258
Jacquelyn Gill:https://twitter.com/JacquelynGill/status/533472965967757312
Tom Levenson:https://twitter.com/TomLevenson/status/533359454470045696
Ed Yong: https://twitter.com/edyong209/status/533030472587423746
Ben Lillie: https://twitter.com/BenLillie/status/533305119379435520
Maryn McKenna:https://twitter.com/marynmck/status/532981583905849344
MarieClaire Shanahan:https://twitter.com/mcshanahan/status/532967134398140416
Melanie Tannenbaum:https://twitter.com/melanietbaum/status/533603167381237760
Sarcastic Rover:https://twitter.com/SarcasticRover/status/533024338341937153
Huh. I thought it was over. I thought it had ended well, and we were all going to move on. I thought it had ended well and without bitterness and recriminations. I thought Matt Taylor had said damn, that was a really bad move and I’m sorry, and we had all figuratively embraced him and gone back to rejoicing at the success of the Rosetta mission. (Not that we had stopped. I’m seeing people complaining of “radfems” fussing about a shirt instead of paying attention the the success of the Rosetta mission. Wrong. We were doing both. It’s nice not to have a shirt cluttering things up though.) I thought it was done and dusted.
I’m so naïve.
Do not blame feminism for the pompous idiots whining about a Rosetta scientist’s shirt. True feminism is bigger and better than that.
Many congratulations to Matt Taylor and the Rosetta team on an amazing feat of space engineering. Such things make me proud to be human.
Remind me – who made Richard Dawkins the arbiter of what true feminism is?