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Roll of one-hundred dollar bills.
Programming by Shawna Scott on January 21st, 2015
While some code schools are intentionally predatory institutions, many more simply recycle the tired tropes and biased practices rampant in startup culture.
A large public art structure with alphabetical blocks spelling out 'LOVE'.
2014 in Review by Kẏra on December 10th, 2014
Liberalism’s inherent racism.
A single penny in a jar.
Events by CK Oliver on October 30th, 2014
Having cisgender white males and venture capitalists creating projects about diversity not only doesn’t make sense, it’s insulting.
Screen shot of the Tech Can Do Better Project homepage, which reads: LET'S FIX THIS. Workers at all levels of the tech industry contribute to the staggering success of companies in Silicon Valley, yet still struggle to pay for the basics.
Queer by Anonymous Author on May 19th, 2014
A queer nonbinary South Asian dreams of intersectionality in tech.
Scan of a vintage photo of Henry Ford riding in a Model-T car, which is emblazoned Fifteen Millionth Car.
Funding by Dorothy Kim & Eunsong Kim on April 7th, 2014
You don’t need to speak for us -- we are talking.
Screenshot of the section of the libuv pull request comments. In it, bnoordhuis comments: Sorry, not interested in trivial changes like that. User coderanger comments: +1 for merging this change. Alex, who opened the request, comments: I'm sorry to hear that. I don't really see why you wouldn't merge it if it's so trivial though. Surely making the library less hostile is worth a few seconds of our time to press the merge button?
Lean Out by Tim Chevalier on February 24th, 2014
How open source enforces male domination through shaming and hostility.
Three workers, in blue shirts and name badges, talking to one another in an empty Apple store.
Lean Out by Hannah Howard on February 24th, 2014
We Need to Expand the Tech Diversity Conversation