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Author: Elizabeth Ploshay
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To: System undo crew
Subject: Re: [unSYSTEM] Where are all the women in Bitcoin? Here they are!
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*Elizabeth T. Ploshay*
elizabeth@???
Manager of Communications
Bitcoin Magazine
elizabethtploshay.com


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 5:07 PM, Andrew Miller <amiller@???> wrote:

> Here's a much better post, an infographic on "the women of Bitcoin",
> hopefully this serves as an antidote:
> https://cryptocointalk.com/blog/3/entry-79-updated-women-of-bitcoin/
>
> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:
> > We don't live in a world of victims and oppressors. Everyone is
> > complicit in some way.
> >
> > On 29/01/14 21:39, Amir Taaki wrote:
> >> Are you trying to make a statement about the system which forces people
> >> to make compromises and are placed in a situation where they curry
> >> favour not through their actions as people. But is it so passive? Would
> >> you say the same about Sabu who betrayed Hammond? In the end when we
> >> participate in a culture, we grow that culture too and are responsible
> >> for carrying a situation we would prefer not to endure.
> >>
> >> On 29/01/14 21:30, Anthony D'Onofrio wrote:
> >>> Not everyone is born a genius. Those people have a place in the world
> as
> >>> well.
> >>> Genius is a gift, compassion is a choice.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 29, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Elizabeth Ploshay wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> +1
> >>>>
> >>>> */Elizabeth T. Ploshay/*
> >>>> elizabeth@??? <mailto:elizabeth@bitcoinmagazine.com>
> >>>> Manager of Communications
> >>>> Bitcoin Magazine
> >>>> elizabethtploshay.com <http://elizabethtploshay.com/>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 4:26 PM, Liad Shababo <liad@???
> >>>> <mailto:liad@shababo.com>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>     Rough day?
> >>>>     He got a double full page spread in London's biggest evening
> >>>>     paper, which credited him amongst other things, as a genius.

> >>>>
> >>>>     https://twitter.com/wollit/status/428575608709578753

> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>     On 29 Jan 2014, at 21:24, Anthony D'Onofrio <iamtexture@???
> >>>>     <mailto:iamtexture@gmail.com>> wrote:

> >>>>
> >>>>>     You lost me at the dumb whores part.
> >>>>>     Value does not stem from living up to any culturally-mandated
> >>>>>     expectations.
> >>>>>     Not culture at large and not yours or mine. Women should be able
> >>>>>     to dress
> >>>>>     however they like and still demand respect and love. That
> >>>>>     includes American,
> >>>>>     Muslim, Asian, slutty, skimpy, nude, sexy, frumpy - whatever.
> >>>>>     These women
> >>>>>     are no less women because of the clothing they put on. They're
> >>>>>     just like
> >>>>>     everyone else - tiny people on a big world in an even larger
> >>>>>     universe,
> >>>>>     unsure of who they are and what they are, responding to the
> >>>>>     environment
> >>>>>     they found themselves in, the mental state they were born into,
> >>>>>     and the
> >>>>>     mental state of those around them.

> >>>>>
> >>>>>     Men respond to beautiful women. Even women respond to beautiful
> >>>>>     women.
> >>>>>     A very simple marketing tool is getting beautiful women to stand
> >>>>>     next to a
> >>>>>     product. Or hand out a product. Or use a product. This is not
> >>>>>     exploitative of
> >>>>>     the beautiful women or reflective of their value. It is
> >>>>>     reflective of us as a whole,
> >>>>>     human animals - who are driven by impulses that are not
> >>>>>     culturally mandated,
> >>>>>     but which extend from our being as animals who require
> >>>>>     procreation and
> >>>>>     survival. This is exploitative of the men who are tricked into
> >>>>>     associating this
> >>>>>     product with beautiful women.

> >>>>>
> >>>>>     Sounds like you're having a rough day Amir. I hope it gets
> better.

> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     On Jan 29, 2014, at 1:15 PM, Amir Taaki wrote:

> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1wg481/hot_asian_chicks_giving_out_free_bitcoins_in_hong/
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     This is trash and degrading to women. People have endless
> >>>>>>     discussions
> >>>>>>     about girls in Bitcoin and then talk like this.

> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     And why? Because it's about promoting girls who find their value
> >>>>>>     through
> >>>>>>     their sexuality + beauty, rather than what they objectively do
> >>>>>>     as people.

> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     Most of you who don't understand are kissless virgins who will
> go
> >>>>>>     through their life trying to buy the affection of women. Sex is
> >>>>>>     good,
> >>>>>>     love is great... but this attitude of trying to push bitcoin
> through
> >>>>>>     sexy women with no brains vs pushing the smart women in our
> >>>>>>     community is
> >>>>>>     trash.

> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     For all the Bitcoiners who seek legitimacy/image and complain
> >>>>>>     about me
> >>>>>>     pushing drugs, where are the people saying this is wrong. This
> >>>>>>     is one of
> >>>>>>     the highest voted stories on the front page. What did these
> >>>>>>     girls do to
> >>>>>>     get that attention of all the Bitcoiners? And what about
> >>>>>>     Elizabeth who
> >>>>>>     works tirelessly on Bitcoin.

> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>     We have smart capable women in our community, so why are we
> >>>>>>     promoting
> >>>>>>     these dumb whores? Who the fuck are they? Plastic girls with big
> >>>>>>     tits?
> >>>>>>     Wow you're so cool. It reminds me of when the BF choose that
> young
> >>>>>>     plastic pretty spokesgirl to represent them on TV who knew
> >>>>>>     nothing about
> >>>>>>     bitcoin. And those BitPay adverts who use the girl in pretty red
> >>>>>>     lipstick to push their product. Why not promote a world based on
> >>>>>>     love
> >>>>>>     with relationships established based on mutual understanding,
> rather
> >>>>>>     than promoting a world where men make money to fuck good looking
> >>>>>>     young
> >>>>>>     bitches. 90% of you will never be in that bracket either.

> >>>>>>
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