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Issue 42 by The Editor & Alayna Cole on October 18th, 2016
"Opportunities for queer representation are improving, but there are certainly still gaps that need to be filled."
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Issue 41 by Emily Cobbs on September 6th, 2016
I still can’t see myself in role models or dream jobs.
A woman of color alone in a dark room, laptop screen illuminating her face.
Issue 39 by Tonya Edmonds on July 26th, 2016
Why is it that so many of us in underrepresented groups fail to create connections with one another, when we are just a few feet away from each other?
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Issue 38 by The Editor on June 22nd, 2016
As our initial community survey shows, burnout in the diversity in tech movement represents a state of crisis.
Issue 37 by Ehi Aimiuwu-Jinadu on May 23rd, 2016
The kids are screaming, and I show it in my videos while I’m recording. Who has time to reshoot? This is life.
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Issue 33 by Shanley Kane on February 25th, 2016
Why in the fuck would you stand with billionaires, corrupt power centers, and technology dynasties... over the very people that you work alongside?
Two women collaborating on a computer.
Issue 30 by Sharon Steed on November 24th, 2015
The system won’t work if there are no developers. It also won’t work if we fire the sales team or get rid of the marketing staff or can the designers. Tech is an ecosystem, and it’s much healthier when we are working cohesively within that system.
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Issue 29 by Veve Jaffa on November 4th, 2015
Organizations run by primarily white, cis, straight founders train the majority of their focus on alleviating alienation for white cis women in cis male-centric spaces, but do little to dig deeper into other marginalized identities and access needs.
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Issue 25 by CK Oliver on August 12th, 2015
One must consider if this pressure is put on creators specifically to see them fail.
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Issue 22 by Nehal El-Hadi on June 10th, 2015
As women of colour, online spaces and social networks have enabled us to produce and control our own stories, build networks and communities and find our scattered tribes.