What resources would you recommend for clueful potential allies?

[slightlyeggstained]

I recommended the Geek Feminism wiki to a few people last week. I reckoned it would probably be a good place to start and don't want to overly spoonfeed, but do want to convey "yay, glad you're interested".

What other good primers do you recommend (other than let me Google that for you)?

Cordelia Fine! (I'm stunned we don't get a share in her royalties).

Wifework is useful too, though a bit of a stodgy read.

If you mean allies as in men, then there's a blog by a mate of mine, which is excellent. It's not by any means a 'place to start', but because it's from a male perspective, I think some men might find it easier to accept?

quiteirregular.wordpress.com

Ooh, can't believe I forgot Cordelia Fine.

Thanks for the other suggestions too, haven't actually read Wifework myself yet. Yes, I did mean allies as in some male colleagues who are supportive of women in our profession, but unsure how to go about being more helpful.

I felt that being aware of many of the forms discrimination can take would be helpful for identifying and being comfortable with challenging the more subtle forms that they might just not even see otherwise.

I think there's often an assumption by men that because they aren't hearing about it, discrimination isn't happening. So I was trying to explain that actually most women share a LOT more experiences in female company than they do in mixed company, because it's risky. This was a new idea. Seemed to fall on fertile ground though.