[IndiChix] Chapter Name suggestions

[Aneesha Govil]

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Hassath <hassath at gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
>  2. Do the women in the Indian chapter mind being called "linuxchix"? I
>  don't. Mind you, I'm not asking whether they mind being called
>  "chicks"- "linuxchix" stands for something else altogether, after all
>  these years. Anyone who's seriously interested in LinuxChix and tries
>  to find out something about them will get a load of information which
>  will dispel any notion of its being a group of airy-headed twits.
[...]
Yes, I mind being called a chick of any kind. Yes, I joined linuxchix
after a lot of nudging from couple of friends but no, I do not like
the name. And it is not my own personal opinion. I know a lot of women
here who do not like it. It is, of course, their choice whether to
voice it or not.

That being said, I think many of us would not feel comfortable going
to conservative women's colleges and try to convince them to be
linux"chix" when we ourselves do not like being called "chix". I won't
go to my own college and evangelize it either simply because I know my
college and people there and how seriously they would (not) take it.
And yes, it may be about mindsets but I am not here to change the
mindset of people, I am simply here to evangelize FOSS and Linux. It
is as simple as that.

Aneesha.