women in computer science
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It’s Not That Big a Deal
→: It’s Not That Big a DealAs an Angry Internet Feminist™, every incident I point out has multiple parts. I notice and say something. Tone policing, on whether I should have noticed it. After all, it’s not that big a deal. Someone uses “he” when they should say “they”? Not that big a deal. Mild objectification of women in something that…
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Tweeting Shit That Men Say
→: Tweeting Shit That Men SayBackground: Last week was GHC, it included a Male Allies panel (live streamed) and a male keynote event (available to watch online). I tweeted a lot (with others) and wrote a couple of things. The Male Allies panel was followed by a reverse “you talk we listen” event. There was also a Male Allies Focus group…
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A Small Internet Kerfuffle
→: A Small Internet KerfuffleBackground Last week after a series of twitter rants, I wrote up what concerned me about the “Male Allies” panel at GHC (Grace Hopper Conference) this year. A surprising number of people read and shared it, and whilst (of course) some people disagreed, or thought that ABI (Anita Borg Institute) does so much good it’s…
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Male Allies and GHC
→: Male Allies and GHCThis year will be my 5th year at GHC (Grace Hopper Celebration, the annual conference for technical women from the Anita Borg Institute), my first speaking, and my first in my new post-corporate-job life. It’s been blocked on my calendar since last year, and there has been a long lead time, which means I made the…
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Conferences, Code of Conducts, and Being #ThatWoman
→: Conferences, Code of Conducts, and Being #ThatWomanLike a lot of people, I took the Code of Conduct pledge (so I was really pleased to see GHC add one this year), firstly because I see it as a sign that the event is committed to making it a welcoming space for women, and I do really only want to attend events where…
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On Leaving (again), Compound Effects and Falling Out Of Love
→: On Leaving (again), Compound Effects and Falling Out Of LoveSomeone tweeted that this post reminded them of my post about leaving. And I read it, finding it oddly compelling (even though I’m not excited by comics, or superheros), and then I found this quote. it seems to me to be the worst thing in the world to want to do something that badly and…
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Female Entrepreneurship: Observations and Opportunities
→: Female Entrepreneurship: Observations and OpportunitiesI’ve been generally skeptical of whether we would see a rise in Female Entrepreneurship, much of which was because looking at the data (female-led companies are more likely to succeed, male-led companies are more likely to fail) it wasn’t clear to me whether more women should be starting companies… or just fewer men. However there are some…
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The Day I Leave The Tech Industry
→: The Day I Leave The Tech IndustryI know that this will happen, that one day I will have had enough, and I will leave. It’s something I think about on a regular basis, and wonder, what will I do after? Will I move to a cheaper city and make things, consult, and hope to make ends meet? Will I retreat still…
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5 Guys You’ll Meet in the Tech Industry
→: 5 Guys You’ll Meet in the Tech IndustryThe Faux Feminist This guy will tell you that he thinks there should be more women in tech, but balks at the idea of actually… doing anything about that, and any conversation on the topic somehow goes in the direction of what is fair for the men. He doesn’t think there should be “special” scholarships for…