A quote often attributed to Gloria Steinem says: “We’ve begun to raise daughters more like sons… but few have the courage to raise our sons more like our daughters.” Debbie Chachra, “Why I Am Not a Maker,” The Atlantic, January 23,… Continue Reading
The cultural primacy of making, especially in tech culture — that it is intrinsically superior to not-making, to repair, analysis, and especially caregiving — is informed by the gendered history of who made things, and in particular, who made things that… Continue Reading
Maker culture, with its goal to get everyone access to the traditionally male domain of making, … devalues the traditionally female domain of caregiving, by continuing to enforce the idea that only making things is valuable. Chachra, Debbie. “Why I… Continue Reading
