In 2015, Ellen Pao, co-founder of Project Include and the former CEO of Reddit, sued her former employer, a venture capital firm named Kleiner Perkins, for discriminating against her on the basis of her gender. During the process, she experienced incredibly negative personal attacks on her character, her spouse, and her family life. Her book, Reset: … More Reset: My Fight for Inclusion and Lasting Change

How did we find our way to the term “mansplaining”? We have Rebecca Solnit, and her brilliant collection of essays, “Men Explain Things to Me,” to thank. Solnit touches on a few key themes in her collection: The issue of credibility — and society’s refusal to ascribe it to women — the silencing and “disappearing” … More Men Explain Things To Me

“This book is 21 percent more expensive for men,” Jessica Bennett quips in the opening pages of Feminist Fight Club: An Office Survival Manual for a Sexist Workplace. Her lightly sarcastic tone, coupled with Saskia Wariner and Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell‘s cartoonish illustrations, make for a read that’s the epitome of “serious fun” — full of … More Feminist Fight Club

From Ellen Pao‘s failed lawsuit against her former employer (see her eloquent reflection here) and Uber sexual harassment reports to the infamous Google Manifesto, we’ve been hearing a lot of discouraging stories about the reality of women’s struggles in the male-dominated tech sector. As a female software developer who helped support diversity initiatives at her former company, … More Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech