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Sumana Harihareswara

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Sumana Harihareswara has contributed to several open source projects (including MediaWiki, Mailman, and AltLaw), and worked at Wikimedia Foundation, Fog Creek Software, and Salon.com. She has led and organized several hackathons, taught several courses at UC Berkeley, and performed stand-up comedy at comedy clubs and open source conferences.

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Portland, OR June 27, 2015
Stand-up comedy that doesn't hurt
I may joke *about* sexism, classism, racism, and other -isms, including quoting microaggressions (with no slurs). I offer to provide the text of my comedy to AlterConf organizers about a month ahead of time, if requested, to check for anything unacceptable or discuss content warnings.

Sumana Harihareswara performs stand-up comedy that assumes you're smart. You'll laugh about the absurdities of capitalism, everyday microaggressions, and HOW DO I PEOPLE. If you've shied away from mainstream comedy because it's so often marginalizing and oppressive, you'll enjoy these observations about:
* why refusing to use Facebook is like being a vegan
* public transit and social disasters
* going through airport security while brown
* the peculiar hazards of consulting in open source, from LibreOffice templates to Richard Stallman
* and more.