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Sex and Sexuality by Erika Lynn Abigail on September 8th, 2014
By placing improvements for trans tech workers within a systems perspective, transgender rights advocates can make tech more accessible to the most marginalized parts of the trans community.
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Sex and Sexuality by Jennifer McEwen on September 8th, 2014
How is this environment fair? And who really pays in the end?
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Mental Illness and Disability by Anonymous Author on August 11th, 2014
I can lie to doctors in order to get out of a frightening psych ward, but I can’t lie to myself anymore.
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Management by Shanley Kane on June 9th, 2014
The toxic devaluation of HR at tech companies.
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Management by Anonymous Author on June 9th, 2014
When company attitudes around training and growth unwittingly produce ineffective managers.
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Abuse by Anonymous Author on April 28th, 2014
A story of sexual assault leading to the downfall of a female founder.
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Funding by Alyssa Kwan on April 4th, 2014
The mythos of the “rock star” is a compelling and seductive one.
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Funding by Rachel Chalmers on April 4th, 2014
You are more than three times as likely to crash your startup as you are to ring the NASDAQ opening bell.
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Mythology by Shanley Kane on March 17th, 2014
They work together in concert, and in practice, function to exclude and marginalize minorities in tech.
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Mythology by Ēlen Awalom on March 17th, 2014
Behind-the-scenes with stealth startup Curatoric, and conversations with creators, historians and curators of African and Diasporic African art.