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Infographic: Tech companies setting new standard for parental leave

By Alexandra | Published: May 28, 2013

TweetMother Jones just posted some pretty startling infographics comparing the U.S. government and tech companies’ parental leave policies. The federal government doesn’t mandate any paid leave for new moms and dads, but corporations like Facebook, Instagram, and reddit are setting a new standard by offering all employees, regardless of gender, 17 weeks with their new [...]

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Weekly Feminist Reader

By Alexandra | Published: March 31, 2013

Tweet Princeton alum tells female students to hurry up and find a husband already. Sandberg, Slaughter, et al. are advocating for a new feminism devoid of social justice. In memory of Pastor Henry Enuta. Duh: pre-viability abortions bans are unconstitutional. Feminists don’t hate men–they just hate you, MRA dude. Conservative justices thought this year was their last [...]

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Aaron Swartz on misogyny in technology

By Amy S. Choi | Published: January 15, 2013

Tweet The world lost a genius when Aaron Swartz committed suicide. It also lost a sensitive soul willing to turn an eye towards the uglier side of the industry he loved. Here, excerpts of a 2007 interview in which Swartz discusses misogyny in technology. He was only 21 at the time: Philipp Lenssen: Can you [...]

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It’s 2013. Let’s end ‘booth babes’ for good

By Lori | Published: January 11, 2013

Tweet Woman of the future, when perhaps one can present technology and also simultaneously not be objectified. Scene: It’s the year 2137. The world is doing pretty well. Hoverboards have gone out of style almost as quickly as they came in, surprising a lot of people. UGGs inexplicably live on in popular conceptions of fashion, [...]

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Yahoo names Google executive Marissa Mayer as new CEO

By zerlina | Published: July 17, 2012

TweetYahoo made a major announcement yesterday, naming Google executive Marissa Mayer as their new president and CEO. Mayer – Yahoo’s fifth CEO in as many years – is one of the most well known women in tech and business and the move came as a huge surprise even though she has a stellar reputation in [...]

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Tag Archives: Tech

Infographic: Tech companies setting new standard for parental leave

Aaron Swartz on misogyny in technology

It’s 2013. Let’s end ‘booth babes’ for good

Yahoo names Google executive Marissa Mayer as new CEO

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