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Finding More Women on Social Media
→: Finding More Women on Social MediaEvery so often I find my twitter handle in a list that forms a response to some guy saying “who are some women I should follow on social media?”. Do these things work? I don’t know. I’ve compared notes with other women on how long it lasted when a prominent VC asked that question (for me, <24…
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Problems of Statistical Significance
→: Problems of Statistical SignificanceI think one of the biggest problems for diversity, and for accountability of diversity, is one that we never talk about. Statistical significance. Imagine there is a company with 1000 engineers, of which 20% are women. The company declares their numbers proudly, saying they are beating the latest US graduation rate for women in Computer…
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It’s Not an Asshole Problem—It’s a Bystander Problem
→: It’s Not an Asshole Problem—It’s a Bystander ProblemA man left an obnoxious comment in a professional document. A more senior man noticed the comment and replied, “<sigh>”, signifying—I think—that he had seen it, and that he didn’t think it was funny. But he didn’t actually address the comment being there, and so it remained there for me to discover several months later.…
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Corporate Feminism Part 2: How to Help
→: Corporate Feminism Part 2: How to HelpI sent my initial Corporate Feminism and Thankless Emotional Labour post to someone for feedback, and they suggested I add some action items to help. I think some of them are in our bingo card, but it’s worth breaking out. Really it comes down to: 1) ask for less. 2) give back more. 3) recognise…
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Some Thoughts About Harassment
→: Some Thoughts About HarassmentI don’t like to talk about the online harassment I experience, not least out of guilt, because I seem to get off lightly. The past couple of weeks though, have been hard. There were two lists, and my name was on the short one. People I know, and like, were exclaiming “lol I’m on this…
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Notes: Dame Wendy Hall at WomENcourge – How to Enjoy a Career as a Woman in Computing – The Power of Networks
→: Notes: Dame Wendy Hall at WomENcourge – How to Enjoy a Career as a Woman in Computing – The Power of NetworksAll about networking, she’s always been a member of a women’s organisation. Doesn’t like to go on about being a woman, likes to win because she’s the best (or one of). Parents suffered in the war, father was a POW (prisoner of war). Were determined to give their kids a better life than they’d had.…
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Corporate Feminism and Thankless Emotional Labour
→: Corporate Feminism and Thankless Emotional LabourI have been using the phrase “Corporate Feminism” to mean Company-Focused Diversity work, typically pipeline based. There have been other uses of this, much of it critique of Sheryl Sandberg including this analysis from a racial perspective. I don’t think we have an “official” definition and so hope that explains how I am using it here. If you…
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Notes: IWD at Accenture
→: Notes: IWD at AccentureI got to attend Accenture’s International Women’s Day event earlier this year because my friend AMI was speaking. There were a bunch of incredible women speaking, and I took lots of notes. Sheena – Accenture. “It sounds hard, being a woman in the city. Will it be different for us?” – asked a girl during…
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Three Tactics that Block Women from Getting Ahead
→: Three Tactics that Block Women from Getting Ahead1. Undermine and Critique Step 1: Make it really hard for her to achieve something. Step 2: Make completely reasonable comments about her progress. E.g. Nitpick every detail, force her to prove that your suggestions can’t be done. Then complain she is not faster. E.g. Avoid telling her key information up front. When it is…