Re: [Womeninfreesoftware] Logo idea: GNU in Drag

[Mary-Anne Wolf]

You're right, K.  Most of us don't dress
over-the-top feminine.  I certainly don't.
I guess I meant this humorously. 

I have also found that suggesting an idea
is a good way to get other people to 
suggest better ideas.  It worked. 
You did.

No, you did not jump into the middle
of something.  I did.  :-)
I suggested the logo even though
I could not be at the summit.

I like the pictures you suggested.
They are certainly more dignified
than the GNU in drag.

I like your second picture the best,
although I have been trying to think
of how one could do something like that
which communicates multiple women instead
of one woman alone.  Your first image
communicates 2 women, but has a loss of
sense of individual self which does not 
work well for me.

Lady geeks are very self-sufficient
and proud of it.

What if we took this
http://www.wpclipart.com/recreation/dance/dancers_sketch.png.html
and replaced the man 
so we had 2 women dancing?

Mary-Anne

----- "Kirrily Robert" <address@hidden> wrote:

> From: "Kirrily Robert" <address@hidden>
> To: "Mary-Anne Wolf" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 2:41:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: [Womeninfreesoftware] Logo idea: GNU in Drag
>
> Hi all, Deb(?) just added me to this list, so *waves* and all that.
> Looks like this list is just getting off the ground (I looked at the
> archives and there's not much there) so I hope I'm not jumping in to
> the middle of something inappropriately.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Mary-Anne Wolf <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > I have been thinking about a logo for this effort.
> > If we took the picture of a GNU used by FSF
> > http://http.cdnlayer.com/itke/blogs.dir/8/files/2008/02/gnu.png
> > added lipstick, eye shadow, and mascara,
> > replace the beard by a string of pearls,
> > and replaced the horns by a feminine hat,
> > with a flower sticking up from the hat,
> > I think that would convey the idea.
> 
> I ... am not a big fan of this idea.  Most women in free software do
> not adhere to traditionally feminine styles of dress/grooming -- I
> have seen very few wearing makeup let alone pearls at free software
> events -- and I think this sort of appearance would be alienating to
> many of us.
> 
> I don't want to seem negative, so I guess I should suggest an
> alternative.  I googled for logos that use women and I like the sort
> of idea in these:
> 
> http://www.cdc.gov/Features/WiseWoman/WiseWoman_logo_250px.jpg
> http://sistersinbusiness.net/_borders/sib%20woman%20logo.JPG
> http://www.swesandiego.org/images/Girl_Scouts-logo.jpg
> 
> That is, if a logo is necessary at all at this stage.
> 
> K.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Kirrily Robert
> address@hidden
> http://infotrope.net