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'''C+=''' is a parody "feminist" programming language that was the target of mass internet censorship months before [[Gamergate]].<ref>C+= (Quinnspiracy Wikia) - [https://archive.is/taasy]</ref>

== History ==

November 26, 2013, [[Arielle Schlesinger]] of [[HASTAC]] condemned all computer programming languages, because to her the current programming languages are exclusionary of feminists and calling for the development of a feminist programming language.<ref> Feminism and Programming Languages (Hastac) - [https://archive.is/Dk2pB]</ref> Eventually a group of pranksters calling themselves, the Feminist Software Foundation responded by writing a parody description of a feminist programming language and began working on an implementation of the language.<ref> The Problem with C+= and Feminism (Pastebin) - [https://archive.is/YWJ53]</ref><ref> C+=: A Feminist Programming Language and the Resulting Blacklist Plus Whining (Philosoraptor) - [https://archive.is/MyuPW]</ref>

== Censorship ==

December 21, 2013, C+= implementation had been deleted from [[Github]], [[Bitbucket]], and [[Google Code]]. A [[Reddit]] thread in r/programming subreddit, discussing the Schlesinger article was hidden. <ref>Schlesinger Article Hidden (Reddit) - [https://archive.is/3G4Or]</ref>
Following Hacker News' deleted article titled "Did GitHub Break Your Trust Censoring the Feminist Language Parody?" <ref> Hacker News Deletes 'Did GitHub Break Your Trust' - [https://archive.is/sUYRM]</ref><ref>GitHub Takes Down Satirical 'C Plus Equality' Language - [https://archive.is/4a82l]</ref>

== Attacks ==

[[Twitter]] users @aaronm, @sinthetix, @atweetingtwit, and @lindseybieda discussed identifying the contributors and contacting their workplaces. <ref> Programming - Paradigms, Satire, and Precedents - [https://archive.is/E8aSS]</ref>

Another Twitter user, @jacobian, tried to get Cloudflare to revoke the website's domain and claim "It's being used to harass, impersonate, and intimidate women."

[[Evan Cofsky]] reported that the language to Bitbucket as a "Harassing Repository" that "is obviously set up to target people" with "harassment campaigns."<ref>Evan Cofsky Tweet (Archive) - [https://archive.is/QGoRW]</ref>

== Later Activity ==

March 23, 2014, the Linux Kernel Mailing List got pranked by the Feminist Software Foundation, with a call to replace "the," the "hateful, hurtful" word, with the gender-neutral "xhe."<ref> Replace "The" with "Xhe" -[https://archive.is/io3iG]</ref>

== References ==

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 '''C+=''' is a parody "feminist" programming language that was the target of mass internet censorship months before [[Gamergate]]. <ref>C+= (Quinnspiracy Wikia) - [https://archive.is/taasy]</ref>
 == History ==

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-'''C+=''' is a parody "feminist" programming language that was the target of mass internet censorship months before [[Gamergate]].<ref>C+= (Quinnspiracy Wikia) - [https://archive.is/taasy]</ref>
+'''C+=''' is a parody "feminist" programming language that was the target of mass internet censorship months before [[Gamergate]]. <ref>C+= (Quinnspiracy Wikia) - [https://archive.is/taasy]</ref>
 == History ==
-November 26, 2013, [[Arielle Schlesinger]] of [[HASTAC]] condemned all computer programming languages, because to her the current programming languages are exclusionary of feminists and calling for the development of a feminist programming language.<ref> Feminism and Programming Languages (Hastac) - [https://archive.is/Dk2pB]</ref> Eventually a group of pranksters calling themselves, the Feminist Software Foundation responded by writing a parody description of a feminist programming language and began working on an implementation of the language.<ref> The Problem with C+= and Feminism (Pastebin) - [https://archive.is/YWJ53]</ref><ref> C+=: A Feminist Programming Language and the Resulting Blacklist Plus Whining (Philosoraptor) - [https://archive.is/MyuPW]</ref>
+November 26, 2013, [[Arielle Schlesinger]] of [[HASTAC]] condemned all computer programming languages, because to her the current programming languages are exclusionary of feminists and calling for the development of a feminist programming language. <ref> Feminism and Programming Languages (Hastac) - [https://archive.is/Dk2pB]</ref> Eventually a group of pranksters calling themselves, the Feminist Software Foundation responded by writing a parody description of a feminist programming language and began working on an implementation of the language. <ref> The Problem with C+= and Feminism (Pastebin) - [https://archive.is/YWJ53]</ref> <ref> C+=: A Feminist Programming Language and the Resulting Blacklist Plus Whining (Philosoraptor) - [https://archive.is/MyuPW]</ref>
 == Censorship ==
-December 21, 2013, C+= implementation had been deleted from [[Github]], [[Bitbucket]], and [[Google Code]]. A [[Reddit]] thread in r/programming subreddit, discussing the Schlesinger article was hidden. <ref>Schlesinger Article Hidden (Reddit) - [https://archive.is/3G4Or]</ref>
+December 21, 2013, C+= implementation had been deleted from [[Github]], [[Bitbucket]], and [[Google Code]]. A [[Reddit]] thread in r/programming subreddit, discussing the Schlesinger article was hidden.  <ref>Schlesinger Article Hidden (Reddit) - [https://archive.is/3G4Or]</ref>
-Following Hacker News' deleted article titled "Did GitHub Break Your Trust Censoring the Feminist Language Parody?" <ref> Hacker News Deletes 'Did GitHub Break Your Trust' - [https://archive.is/sUYRM]</ref><ref>GitHub Takes Down Satirical 'C Plus Equality' Language - [https://archive.is/4a82l]</ref>
+Following Hacker News' deleted article titled "Did GitHub Break Your Trust Censoring the Feminist Language Parody?"  <ref> Hacker News Deletes 'Did GitHub Break Your Trust' - [https://archive.is/sUYRM]</ref> <ref>GitHub Takes Down Satirical 'C Plus Equality' Language - [https://archive.is/4a82l]</ref>
 == Attacks ==
-[[Twitter]] users @aaronm, @sinthetix, @atweetingtwit, and @lindseybieda discussed identifying the contributors and contacting their workplaces. <ref> Programming - Paradigms, Satire, and Precedents - [https://archive.is/E8aSS]</ref>
+[[Twitter]] users @aaronm, @sinthetix, @atweetingtwit, and @lindseybieda discussed identifying the contributors and contacting their workplaces.  <ref> Programming - Paradigms, Satire, and Precedents - [https://archive.is/E8aSS]</ref>
 Another Twitter user, @jacobian, tried to get Cloudflare to revoke the website's domain and claim "It's being used to harass, impersonate, and intimidate women."
-[[Evan Cofsky]] reported that the language to Bitbucket as a "Harassing Repository" that "is obviously set up to target people" with "harassment campaigns."<ref>Evan Cofsky Tweet (Archive) - [https://archive.is/QGoRW]</ref>
+[[Evan Cofsky]] reported that the language to Bitbucket as a "Harassing Repository" that "is obviously set up to target people" with "harassment campaigns." <ref>Evan Cofsky Tweet (Archive) - [https://archive.is/QGoRW]</ref>
 == Later Activity ==
-March 23, 2014, the Linux Kernel Mailing List got pranked by the Feminist Software Foundation, with a call to replace "the," the "hateful, hurtful" word, with the gender-neutral "xhe."<ref> Replace "The" with "Xhe" -[https://archive.is/io3iG]</ref>
+March 23, 2014, the Linux Kernel Mailing List got pranked by the Feminist Software Foundation, with a call to replace "the," the "hateful, hurtful" word, with the gender-neutral "xhe." <ref> Replace "The" with "Xhe" -[https://archive.is/io3iG]</ref>
 == References ==

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