The prediction, in brief:

I think tech will solve all our problems, personal and scientific. Girls need modems.

Predictor: Milhon, Judy

Prediction, in context:

In a 1995 article for Wired magazine, Rosie Cross interviews Judy Milhon, known by her online name St. Jude, describing her as a hacker who “has been messing with code since 1967″; a member of a lefto-revolutionist programming commune in Berkeley, California, that created the first public online computer system, the Community Memory project; and a charter member of the cypherpunks – a term she coined. Here is an excerpt from the interview:”Wired: What do you think about feminism and technology?””St. Jude: I think tech will solve all our problems, personal and scientific. Girls need modems … Keep in mind, in cyberspace everyone can hear you scream. There was a woman crying virtual rape on LambdaMOO. It’s a game, lady. You lost. You could have teleported. Or changed into an Iron Maiden (the spiky kind) and crimped off his dick. But by playing it this way, you’ve really lost. Because the MOO’s also a social space, where you can meet people with real cultural differences – like Klansmen – and make them respect you as a woman, as a dyke, as whatever. Toe-to-toe, you may change their prejudices forever.”

Date of prediction: January 1, 1994

Topic of prediction: General, Overarching Remarks

Subtopic: General

Name of publication: Wired

Title, headline, chapter name: Modem Grrrl: Future Hacker St. Jude Has Some Advice for Women Who See Technology as a Problem: Get Modems

Quote Type: Direct quote

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/3.02/st.jude_pr.html

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Anderson, Janna Quitney