[theorique]

Are there no male feminists? What?

Yes, there are. "The Man" is slang for "the authorities" or "the powers that be". Although in this case of course there's a double entendre.

There was widespread uncertainty about whether or not the 'feminist programming' article / research proposal was a joke. I'm fairly sure now that it wasn't. Is this site a satirical take on that?

The "feminist programming" research proposal is real.

The C+= language "spec" is a satirical response.

I guess this site is yet another satirical response pointing to the bitbucket repo?