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2012.03.19   What she really said: Fighting sexist jokes the geeky way!   (72)

This is a guest post from Jessamyn Smith, an open source developer in Portland who tweets at @jessamynsmith and blogs at Dreamwidth. Read on to find out her technological solution to annoying sexist jokes. I ...

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2011.03.07   Quick Hit: How CEOs’ daughters are helping close the wage gap   (0)

I found this quite interesting: A new, not-yet-published study that tracked 12 years of wage data in Denmark finds that when male CEOs had daughters, their female employees’ wages went up 1.3 percent while their ...

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2011.01.06   “Because those in a position to change the system do not” and other downsides of academia   (9)

I’m nearing the end of my PhD and starting to seek jobs, and I’ve been asked over and over again whether I’ll be staying on academia or I’ll be moving to industry. I haven’t signed ...

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2010.03.30   Being an ally in the workplace   (13)

This is an Ask a Geek Feminist question for our commenters. What interventions do you recommend pro-feminist male geeks make in their workplaces? If you could get the guy geeks on your side to agitate ...

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2010.01.25   The Linkspam of Souls, January 24, 2010   (1)

On the work-and-school front: Design shop hiring worker/owner in Berkeley or Boston; women, PoC, & LGBTIQQ encouraged. Also, there’s a $10K scholarship now available for female undergraduates studying game design. An oldie but a pretty-goodie: ...

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2009.08.19   Want more women in open source? Try paying them.   (3)

This is a remix of a post by the same name I made after running a BOF on attracting women to open source. One of the most interesting suggestions I’ve heard on how to get ...

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