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March 10, 2015 Jen Sorensen Jen Sorensen is an award-winning political cartoonist and comics editor for Fusion’s Graphic Culture section. A fan of visual storytelling about the world we live in, she’s based in Austin, TX. … more “The phone rang. It was my college rapist.” — Fusion.
Photo CC-BY Fortune Live Media. We haven’t met, but our firm is asked about you in almost every interview we do about diversity in tech. When asked how you have risen through the ranks of tech and the rest of us haven’t, our answer is usually “Yes, a few women have succeeded, but holding them up…
Hillary Clinton seems to be preparing to run for president, and the former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina may yet enter the race on the Republican side. Whoever wins the White House in 2016, today it seems easily possible that within the next decade, the U.S. will follow Britain, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, India, Israel, Thailand, Norway and dozens of…
Credit: By ota_photos on Flickr. Some right reserved. To mark International Women’s Day this weekend here’s our pick of 10 of the top female journalists and tech innovators who’ve made an impact on the industry over the last year. We received a great number of nominations on Twitter for this list, which you can see…
A new study reports that white Christians, long understood to be the primary shapers of American politics and culture, are rapidly losing their majority status across the country — even in traditionally conservative states. Earlier this week, Jonathan Merritt of the Religion News Service dug into data from the American Values Atlas, a website unveiled late…
The New York Times reported last week that 10 states are currently considering measures to allow people to carry firearms on college campuses. In Nevada, the Republican assemblywoman who sponsored the bill has argued that arming students amounts to a kind of rape prevention. “If these young, hot little girls on campus have a firearm, I…
Secretary of the Navy John Lehman (right) promotes Grace Hopper to the rank of commodore in a ceremony at the White House with President Ronald Reagan. Pete Souza/Courtesy of ESPN Films hide caption itoggle caption Pete Souza/Courtesy of ESPN Films Secretary of the Navy John Lehman (right) promotes Grace Hopper to the rank of commodore…
After the initial cast of Overwatch was revealed, some folks lamented that the female characters in the team-based shooter were all svelte—including feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian. Today, Blizzard revealed two new characters, and one of them is a direct response to those types of criticisms. Meet Zarya. According to Blizzard, she is a Russian soldier…
Why would anyone want to kill Brianna Wu? At Arisia, of all places. It’s a fantasy and science-fiction convention, a festival of make-believe. The crowd inside the Westin Boston Waterfront hotel on this snowy Saturday in January is costumed, countercultural, and wildly diverse–androgynous couples in matching outfits, playful warriors packing “safe-bonded” heat (the barrels are plugged),…
Call-out culture refers to the tendency among progressives, radicals, activists, and community organizers to publicly name instances or patterns of oppressive behaviour and language use by others. People can be called out for statements and actions that are sexist, racist, ableist, and the list goes on. Because call-outs tend to be public, they can enable…