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A woman holding up a camera phone in front of her face. Displayed on the phone is an inception-style repeat of the image, folding into itself infinitely.
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.
Building pillars of the New York Stock Exchange, rich with gold accents.
Issue 22 by Bardot Smith on June 8th, 2015
Sex workers have long driven major revolutions in technology. They have also been at the forefront of innovating new business models for content, communications, and services themselves.
Multiple surveillance feeds displayed across many screens.
Issue 21 by Sedge Armon on May 18th, 2015
How is an article about surveillance by a woman who admits her madness to be taken seriously at all?
Note taped to a window reading 'You must believe in yourself'.
Issue 20 by Cate Huston on April 28th, 2015
Tech culture doles out imposter syndrome on one side, hubris on the other.
Male cast members of Silicon Valley sitting around computers in an office space.
Issue 20 by Korin Reid on April 27th, 2015
There are a variety of shows featuring other professions that portray diverse, dynamic, likeable characters. Why can’t we have the same for STEM careers?
A miniature of a hazmat zone, with small figures dressed in containment suits investigating a spill.
Issue 19 by Eva Gantz on April 6th, 2015
We love to talk about diversity and bringing marginalized women into tech. But our biases against sex work are biases against the very marginalized women we wish to include.
Photo shows a chain-link fence against a blue sky. One of the sections of the fence has been removed, a hammock strung across the posts, and a person lays relaxing in the hammock.
Issue 18 by Eunsong Kim on March 19th, 2015
While trends are provoking of such surprise and dismay, are so formidable, so worthy of journalistic inquiry and coverage, there is little to no critical analysis of “trending” itself.
The hallway and stairway of a castle, fallen into disrepair and dilapidated.
Issue 18 by Anonymous Author on March 18th, 2015
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.
Aerial shot of a lush country club with golf courses and large houses.
Issue 18 by nina de jesus on March 16th, 2015
How different the social media landscape would be if sites focused on more than the good ol' boys network to drive their initial growth.
Photo of Alex Rodriguez.
Issue 17 by Alex Rodriguez on February 24th, 2015
My experiences call into question what we can do better to make more Latinos successful in tech.