[asploder]

As a transgender woman who literally changed her name to include “teapot”, in part because of this status code, seeing this issue come up in the same week as the James Damore manifesto is a deep disappointment.

Why is it so hard for some technologists to have a basic level of respect for their colleagues? What motivates them to take actions that demonstrably harm their colleagues, whether it be asserting their biological inferiority or removing their trivial-but-meaningful whimsy?

When I was a closeted teenager, tech was a respite from the pointless cruelty of the rest of the world - or at least it felt that way. What happened?