Women of Computing

[Adrian Stoness]

Yea Lego is finicky with lugs
Mostly for access to the lug bulk though no?

On Sat., Dec. 4, 2021, 5:53 p.m. Alan Perry via cctalk, <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:

> I was just now catching up with my LEGO Ideas e-mail (I went through my
> cctech mail first :) and see that the Women of Computing set was put
> together and proposed by the same woman who did the Women of NASA set.
>
>
> As far as my wife, she is active in two local LEGO user groups and was
> the one of those club's liaison with LEGO (until last month when the
> club lost its official club status with LEGO). Seeing LEGO this close is
> sometimes not the best idea if one wants to remain an enthusiastic
> supporter of the company.
>
>
> On 12/4/21 3:29 PM, Adrian Stoness via cctalk wrote:
> > Lego puts poly pocket to shame. I agree with urwife and thank her for her
> > work lobbying lego plz keep it up itsthe truly universal toy of
> everything
> >
> > On Sat., Dec. 4, 2021, 5:24 p.m. Alan Perry via cctalk, <
> > cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >
> >> LEGO is not doing this. This is part of the LEGO Ideas program, ideas
> >> for LEGO sets submitted by the LEGO user community. Someone proposes a
> >> set to the community and, if it gets 10,000 votes from the community,
> >> LEGO will consider making an official set out of it. Other examples of
> >> LEGO Ideas sets are the Saturn V rocket and ISS.
> >>
> >>
> >> This set was likely inspired by another Ideas set that went through the
> >> process and became an official set -
> >> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/women-of-nasa-21312
> >>
> >>
> >> LEGO itself has been a bit behind the curve on including female minifigs
> >> in their sets. My wife is active in the AFOL (Adult Fans Of LEGO)
> >> community. She has been lobbying LEGO for more female figures for much
> >> of her life, partly because LEGO was considered a "boys'" toy when we
> >> were growing up. (We were born at the beginning of Gen X FWIW.)
> >>
> >>
> >> alan
> >>
> >>
> >> On 12/4/21 12:09 PM, Brielle via cctalk wrote:
> >>> See, if it had been presented like that, it would likely have not
> >> elicited the same response.
> >>> It’s sad, but I understand the reason why they are doing it.  Lego has
> >> always been a bit progressive - even going as far as in commercials that
> >> girls can play with legos too.
> >>> Unfortunately, the ones that throw the term ‘woke’ around like that
> tend
> >> to have pretty strong feelings about a “woman’s place in society”.
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 12:55 PM, newsgroups at micromuseum.co.uk wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On the contrary I consider it implicit that they played an equal role
> >> - and the need to make toys to indicate it is somewhat sad.
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: cctalk <cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Brielle via
> >> cctalk
> >>>> Sent: 04 December 2021 19:53
> >>>> To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <
> >> cctalk at classiccmp.org>
> >>>> Subject: Re: Women of Computing
> >>>>
> >>>> Using the term ‘woke’ these days is a great way to render any point
> you
> >> are trying to make moot.  Great way to make people people not take you
> >> seriously.
> >>>> He may as well have just come out and said, “It triggers me and I
> don’t
> >> like having to acknowledge that women exist in the field of computer
> >> history.”
> >>>> — Brie
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Dec 4, 2021, at 12:43 PM, Jason Howe via cctalk <
> >> cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> >>>>> I'm curious what your definition of 'woke' is, because it seems
> >> grossly misapplied in this instance.
> >>>>> --Jason
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> On 12/4/21 10:20, Chris Long via cctalk wrote:
> >>>>>> Great.....not.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Why do we need woke Lego?
>