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At times, Model View Culture publishes work from contributors who remain anonymous.
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Data Colonialism: Critiquing Consent and Control in “Tech for Social Change”
Lack of ethical processes around data collection and management, and ongoing Western control over data, continue the legacy of colonialism within aid work.
Protecting the “Bro-Club”: Sacrificing Women, Keeping the Bullies at Tech Companies
No one heard us, no one stood up for us, no one tried to help us. Instead they tried to silence us.
Tech, Affirmative Action and The Lochte Effect
Wage gaps and hiring discrimination persist despite the fact that most large corporations have affirmative action and equal opportunity policies.
Building Better Tech Cultures for People with ADHD
Many tech workers with ADHD don’t fit the stereotypes.
6 Signs That Your Company’s “Diversity” Initiatives Are Just Covering Up A Hostile Work Environment
Many companies preach about diversity, but do nothing of substance to address their issues.
Without Scars: Domestic Violence, Abuse and the Tech Pipeline
I look around and I see my friends building technologies that make life easier for abusers. I am overwhelmingly sad thinking of all the people whose lives have been made orders of magnitude more hellish carrying ever-connected computers on their bodies.
Mental Health and Diversity Work
Recognize that, while extremely beneficial, diversity-in-tech work exacts an emotional and mental toll on the well-being of the people who do it.
The Hidden Power Dynamics of Open Source
Despite our mythologies of open source as a flat, accessible, democratic model for software development, the way we lead our open source groups consistently proves otherwise.
The Expendables: How Game Development Standards are Inherently Harmful
In a way, you were the dream: someone who delivered high-quality work - or even perfection - without staying at the company long enough to get paid.
Institutional Barriers for Women of Color at Code Schools
In an industry where black, Latina, and indigenous womyn make up less than 3% of the field, we know that walking through those code school doors, we will be outliers.
Support for Black Humanity in Tech
I condemn the culture that has no problem acknowledging and using my labor, but would not support my fight for my humanity.
Diversity for Sale
The commoditization of diversity in tech.
Technical Interviews Are Bullshit
I don’t want to be on an engineering team with people who were primarily chosen by their ability to write code on a whiteboard.
That Time I Was Caught Cheating, Sucking Face, and Sitting on a White Man’s Lap at Work
Men walk away virtually unscathed by their acts of extra-marital sexuality. Women get contempt and professional backlash.
“Brilliance,” “Pride” and “Genius”: How Tech Culture Hides Mental Illness
I can lie to doctors in order to get out of a frightening psych ward, but I can’t lie to myself anymore.
Don’t Ignore the Fire Burning Your House: Mental Illness and Working in Tech
I was so used to being screamed at, ignored and debased that I thought it was normal.
Leaving Toxic Open Source Communities
Exploring the cultural shame of leaving and tips for finding healthy communities.
Managing Silicon Spoons
Management & Chronic Illness
Managing Up and Barely Holding On
When company attitudes around training and growth unwittingly produce ineffective managers.
You Saved My Life, Now You’re Destroying It
Growing up abused and transitioning to an abusive workplace leaves the pattern that abuse is normal.
Not a Tech Bro, but Not a Tech Lady
A queer nonbinary South Asian dreams of intersectionality in tech.
Making it Past the Lobby of the Meritocracy
What does it mean to have success socializing at hot-ticket events if you can't get past the front door of them?
Why I Quit My Job at a Prestigious Public Media Company
“Go to HR, deal with that asshole head on, but whatever you do, do not lose your shit. You can’t become ‘angry black woman.’”
