Real Names. Like James Tiptree jr.

[supergee]

Why Dreamwidth doesn't have a Real(-Sounding) Names policy, and other good arguments, from Geek Feminism

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What really amuses me...

[gothgeekgirl]

(FSVO "amusement") is that I'm on Google+ under this pseudonym*, which is also the email address I use for DW, LJ and Twitter. The profile associated with that GMail account is completely blank and has been for years. (I did add a handful of my cartoon icons after I got the G+ invite so people would know it's me) So I have to wonder if I'm having no trouble because I'm not the activist type and generally fly well below the radar online.


*Yes, they wanted a surname. They accepted "..."