Minnesota Public Radio interview
Women in tech industry open up about male behaviorIf computer programmers behave badly toward women, it may be because they don't know many of them."Everybody has a hard time talking to people that...
View ArticleHelp Me Reach More People
Contribute to my campaign.Why I Need Your HelpMuch of my time over the past 4 months (and over the upcoming 4 months) has been dedicated to further access to programming and educational resources for...
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I live in a house with wild animals (And I really have to pee.)
The thing that shocks them the most is the fact that I live with wild animals.I don't mean that I have a pet rabbit that I found along the road and nursed it back to health. I mean wild animals. Ones I...
View ArticleHow do we curb online abuse and violence?
Trigger warning for abusive language, harassment, rape threats, violent and graphic imagery.Today a petition was started to include a "report abuse" button on twitter after a woman received a deluge of...
View ArticleDyeing Hair and Burrito Toasting
As many of you know, I've been running an indiegogo campaign to raise money for my Programming Diversity tour, a resource site, video series, and potentially a diversity conference/summit. It was...
View Article$20,189 raised!
My indiegogo campaign is over and we raised $20,189! This is about 450% over what I originally asked for, which I am blown away by. Thank you so much to everyone that has supported by work. I am...
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Featured on Bitch Magazine's Popaganda podcast
How are we wired? This episode talks with tech expert Ashe Dryden about why tech industries lose out when they're boys clubs, Code for America fellow Serena Wales talks about grassroots programming,...
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Interviewed on Nerd Kunde (German and English) about Eurucamp & JRubyConf
I was interviewed by the NerdKunde guys while I was at Eurucamp. The podcast is in a mix of both German and English.to the podcast.
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On living with anxiety and PTSD
I 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 affects me on a...
View ArticleThis is Our Fault. We are Responsible.
There 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 marginalized people with others in the...
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"
A journalist from Mission Local covered the Double Union event that was held in San Francisco.Read More
View ArticleThis One's For You
My 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 world, something...
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The Ethics of Unpaid Labor and the OSS Community
Disclaimer: 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 open source software itself or the...
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In These Times: The Problem with 'Brogrammers'
I, 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 stereotype means that...
View ArticleWe've All Got a List
On 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 outright hostility at...
View ArticleFeatured 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 #1: I am looking for twitter employees to have a google hangout with about why this change has made marginalized people who use their service even less safe. If you are, or know someone who...
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