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On living with anxiety and PTSD
tag: anxietyptsdI was interviewed for a new project called Gets By, which focuses on the stories of people living with various types of mental illnesses. I talked about how living with anxiety and PTSD...
View ArticleThis is Our Fault. We are Responsible.
tag: communitytechdiversityinclusivityabuseThere are people in tech fighting every day for the right to have access to the tech industry. They mentor people who want to start speaking. They connect...
View ArticleRe-centering
Starting today I am spending a good amount of time trying to re-center myself by limiting my obligations to other people and things. I've been rather overwhelmed trying to keep up with 700 people on...
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Mission Local: Ashe Dryden calls harassment in tech, "an epidemic"
tag: speakingdiversityarticleA journalist from Mission Local covered the Double Union event that was held in San Francisco.Read More
View ArticleThis One's For You
tag: personalMy life for the past 7 months has included near-constant travel. I've been extraordinarily lucky to have been invited to speak at conferences, businesses, and universities all over the...
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The Ethics of Unpaid Labor and the OSS Community
tag: laboropen sourcediversitytechDisclaimer: This post is critical of open source software in the context of unpaid labor and the hiring requirements we've set up around it. It is not a criticism of...
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In These Times: The Problem with 'Brogrammers'
tag: diversityprogrammingI, along with Kate Losse and Kat Calvin, were interviewed by In These Times about Brogrammers and marginalized people in tech."I worry that focusing so much on the brogrammer...
View ArticleWe've All Got a List
tag: diversitytechsafetyOn a terrifyingly regular basis, incidents of bad behavior surface in the open source community. This can range from dismissiveness toward someone in a marginalized group, to...
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Featured on NPR's CodeSwitch: Why Isn't Open Source A Gateway For Coders Of...
NPR picked up my article on The Ethics of Unpaid Labor and the OSS Community.You can read the full story here.
View ArticleThe 101-Level Reader: Books to Help You Better Understand Your Biases and the...
Quite regularly I'm asked about books that would be good to read to learn more about topics I discuss regularly, including intersectionality, feminism, womanism, and social justice. Thanks to the help...
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Uses This: Featured on The Setup
As a longtime fan of The Setup, I'm super honored to be featured there. It was really fun to figure out what things I've come to rely heavily on and what annoys me with the current state of software...
View ArticleTwitter's Block Policy Change Hurts Only The Victims Of Abuse
Update: I am looking for twitter employees to have a google hangout with about why this change has made marginliazed people who use their service even less safe. If you are, or know someone who works...
View ArticleHow to not make a bad situation worse
Welcome to the internet, my pretties. You're probably reading this because some shit just went down. Whoa, totally makes you lose your faith in humanity right? Declare the equivalent of moving to...
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Featured on the Ruby Freelancers Podcast: Red Flags with Potential or Current...
I was asked on to the RubyFreelancers podcast to discuss client red flags with potential and current clients. There was a lot of conversation around my contract, which I put up here (can also be found...
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Featured on Ruby Rogues: Diversity with Ashe Dryden
Last week I got the chance to sit down with the Ruby Rogues to discuss diversity in the ruby community. We covered why diversity is important, how we can increase the amount of diversity, dealing with...
View ArticleTaking it to the next level: hire me or help fund my projects
tl;dr: sponsor my diversity work via gittip or tell me what I could do for your companyThanks to the attention my diversity work has received, I'm seeking a way to make it scalable and sustainable so I...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Know About Speaking at Conferences
Like many people, I've spent much of my life being terrified of public speaking.My fears were stoked by anxiety-inducing experiences from middle and high school where I was thrust in front of an unkind...
View ArticleFeatured on Ugtastic: Everyone's Technical Community
I spoke with Michael at Ugtastic a couple months ago (with a cold, unfortunately; excuse the nasaliness!) about the diversity work I'm doing and the things we can all be aware of when it comes to...
View ArticleThe Risk in Speaking Up
If you're familiar with me or my work, you know that I speak a lot about the issues surrounding the lack of diversity in tech. Sometimes this means sharing articles, social commentary, or giving talks...
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