The PyCon Incident, Lizard Brains, and Bad Jokes
+Peter Senna Tschudin asked (about the Pycon incident): “What I can’t understand, and I would like help to understand, is how talking about big dongles to a friend in a conference can become a real...
View ArticleLinux Kernel Internships for Women
Want a summer internship working on the Linux kernel? Internships are available for women and genderqueer/genderfluid people for summer 2013, from June to September. They come with a $5,000 stipend. We...
View ArticleHacking the Gender Gap
At AdaCamp D.C. last year, there was a really awesome session where we created a “Gender Gap Timeline”. Basically, there was a timeline that included early childhood, high school, college, and career....
View ArticleLinux Kernel Internships (OPW) Update
A month ago, Amanda McPherson and Greg Kroah-Hartman from the Linux Foundation asked me to coordinate an internship program aimed at getting more women to participate in the Linux kernel. In order to...
View ArticleDon’t be a Jerk: Responding to Ally Criticism
You are racist. You are sexist. You are homophobic. Now stop. Analyze your response to my words. Is your heart racing? Do you feel tense, ready to fight? Are you already in my comment section,...
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