After my recent experiences, I've been thinking a lot about men. Not in the way where I think they are all misogynistic, sexually assaulting jerks (although yes, my idea of the prevalence of these things is off - I hope). But also just clinging to those in my life who I know have a healthy respect for other humans, ...
I love Big Bang Theory (Amazon), but, and bear with me for a depressing though of the day, I think Sheldon is the most feminist of all the guys. Of course, that is in large part because he despises everyone as being beneath him, but the people who has has a little-more-than-grudging respect for include: Amy Farrah Fowler, ...
I read an article today about why there aren't enough women in tech. It says, women doubt themselves. This hurts their chances of ending up in Science or Engineering. They think they can't do it. It bored me. I am so tired of reading this. We know it. I must read an article a month - ...
Today, I wore a mini-skirt (gray) over leggings (black) with ballet flats (gray) and a plain tshirt and cardi (both black). I wore my hair down, and (naturally) curly. I know, I don't normally share the details of my wardrobe, but bear with me - I have a point. It was an ideal outfit for today - ...
I read about Blood, Bones and Butter by Gabrielle Hamilton (Amazon) on the Eloquent Woman blog, which discussed a section of the book in which the author writes about a panel she was on, and things she wanted to say, but didn't. It was a panel about female chefs. Initially she has an attitude of "why are ...
Recently, I heard about a school that has a mandatory "technology" class that students have to take in order to take CS classes in later years. It features: wood-working, circuit building, and Excel. This is horrifying. I want to go there with picket signs and stage a protest. Dress up as robots and chant things. If ...
Since I heard about research showing that girls who self-identified as female before taking a math test tended to under-perform (compared to when they self-identified after taking the test) I've been wondering where else that effect is. Specifically, if you are always surrounded by guys, does that continually remind you? Does it affect your performance there? Whistling Vivaldi (Amazon) ...
I can't tell you how happy this xkcd made me. It's a powerful statement on women in science (and engineering) but also contains this snippet of amazing advice. You don't become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in ...
Recently, I was at an event. A colleague was giving a talk, which I'd worked to set up. Someone "important" at the location, who I've met, who in fact once signed a thank-you note to me and was, I'm told, part of a (positive) conversation about some of my work days before came down. I approached ...
Commentary (I didn't have slides) for the talk I gave for UO WISE. I thought I was going to come and have an informal chat about how interviewing at Google is not that scary, and then I saw Krystal's tweet. I freaked out a little, to be honest. Like, woah - I need to be inspiring? I ...
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