When people talk about "women in tech" they usually mean female engineers or women who have risen to positions of executive leadership, but there are a lot of women in tech who are neither of those things. Analysts and project managers are to "women in tech" what stay at home moms are to the general feminist … Continue reading Not engineers or executives: The other women in tech
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I didn't expect to cry when I saw Sheryl Sandberg at BlogHer. I haven't even read Lean In, the book by the Facebook COO about what women have to do to succeed. I haven't even read many of the articles about Lean In. I tend to be turned off my mass movements. Still, I cried … Continue reading “What would you do if you weren’t afraid?” My Lean In epiphany
Both Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock have lost after making highly offensive comments about rape. Both men had previously been favored to win. Both states are otherwise "red." Did a few statements about rape, pregnancy and abortion lose them their elections? I hope so. Is it right to lose an election based on a few … Continue reading Akin and Mourdock Lose: It’s “God’s Will” That The Idea of “Legitimate Rape” Has Been Shut Down
Yesterday a blog post of mine was linked to by another website. I was appreciative for the link as it continues to drive a lot of traffic to my site; however, the person who put up the link summarized the post by saying that in it the author (me) described "his" experience. It was a … Continue reading Sexism in So Many Words: Mitt Romney, Violentacrez and Julia Gillard