Ok, we now have a fembot symbol on the wiki. It's a transparent PNG suitable for bumpmapping it on anything.
EDIT: Dale, I don't think it's confusing so much. The standby symbol is widely known, thanks to the smartphones.
New Fembot Symbols
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Re: New Fembot Symbols
Darkbutflashy,
Strictly speaking, you are right. I feel that the best symbols are interpreted instantly, or a half instant after that. I try to apply an eye clumsier than my own when I consider a new symbol. What I'm saying is, it's not as far from "idiot-proof" as I like an icon to be.
Perhaps my issues would be alleviated by changing the proportions:
- the thickness of the lines
- the ratio of the diameter of the circle to the height of the cross
- the height of the crossbar
- the length of the crossbar with respect to the diameter of the circle
I think there's a better balance to be tweaked out of that version.
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I wonder if there's any way we can introduce these to a wider audience, and see if they catch on.
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Strictly speaking, you are right. I feel that the best symbols are interpreted instantly, or a half instant after that. I try to apply an eye clumsier than my own when I consider a new symbol. What I'm saying is, it's not as far from "idiot-proof" as I like an icon to be.
Perhaps my issues would be alleviated by changing the proportions:
- the thickness of the lines
- the ratio of the diameter of the circle to the height of the cross
- the height of the crossbar
- the length of the crossbar with respect to the diameter of the circle
I think there's a better balance to be tweaked out of that version.
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I wonder if there's any way we can introduce these to a wider audience, and see if they catch on.
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Re: New Fembot Symbols
And for the ones like me, who like their machine females being real people, I did another symbol for mechanized women in general. Again, a transparent PNG suitable for bumpmapping it on anything.
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So I know the original intention was not this, but oh, wow, would this make a good symbol for third wave (techno)feminism
Maybe this could be an offering to the media gods - "See, we're not misogynists. We believe in woman power, and women who want power buttons."
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Maybe this could be an offering to the media gods - "See, we're not misogynists. We believe in woman power, and women who want power buttons."
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Re: New Fembot Symbols
Miss Pris, I'd offer it to the techno-feminists, but
Would it appeal to the non-TFs they wanted to court?
To outsiders, would this symbolic power suggest empowering political power,
or remind them of objectifying electricity used to control a device?
All true cyborg feminists would agree, empowerment comes from installing and owning your own batteries.
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Would it appeal to the non-TFs they wanted to court?
To outsiders, would this symbolic power suggest empowering political power,
or remind them of objectifying electricity used to control a device?
All true cyborg feminists would agree, empowerment comes from installing and owning your own batteries.
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Re: New Fembot Symbols
The power is in the mirror. In yourself.
Oh wait, that's actually standby.
Oh wait, that's actually standby.
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Re: New Fembot Symbols
It's all about the batteries!
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