Linkspam Emerges Victorious (24 August 2012)

• In Google’s Inner Circle, a Falling Number of Women: “”There was a point at Google when the cadre of women leadership was pretty strong,’ said a former Google executive… ‘That has changed.’”
• 17 Women Startup Leaders Name Their Modern Day Heroines: “I decided to ask leading women in the tech startup world this simple question: What woman in tech startups do you look up to, and why? I got an immediate flood of responses from CEOs and founders who were eager to applaud and promote other women startup leaders.”
• Women Gamers: Gaslamp Games forums are amazing: “I also want to say to all of you who want a better games community, here it is. To those who wanted to see things done right, there you have it. I can’t say anymore. This is sincerely, tear-inducingly the best thing that has ever happened to me in the world of games.”
• Actress Danica McKellar Helps “Girls Get Curves”: NPR’s Science Friday talks with mathemetician Danica McKellar about her newest book, which covers geometry.
• “Genomics: the Power and the Promise” meeting – could be called “Men Studying Genomics” instead – “given that the ratio of men: women in biology is close to 1:1 this suggests to me some sort of bias. Where does this bias come from? I don’t know. Could be at the level of who gets invited. Could be at the level of who accepts. Could be some non obvious criterion for selecting speakers that leads to a bias towards men. I don’t know. But I personally think they could do better.”
• Jessica Valenti ? The Seven Stages of Feminist Grief (Todd Akin edition): Some animated GIF humor to round out your week.

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