GenderAvenger Blog

#GAReads | Machines Taught By Photos Learn a Sexist View of Women

#GAReads | Machines Taught By Photos Learn a Sexist View of Women

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 23, 2017Tom Simonite, Wired, University of Virginia, Vicente Ordonez, tech, technology, computers, computer scienceComment

Action Alert | Keep the GenderAvenger Pledges Coming!

Action Alert | Keep the GenderAvenger Pledges Coming!

Actions of the WeekGenderAvengerAugust 23, 2017Richard Robinson, GenderAvenger PledgeComment

Action Alert | One Day University Strikes Again

Action Alert | One Day University Strikes Again

Actions of the WeekGenderAvengerAugust 23, 2017One Day University, educationComment

Action Alert | Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Adaptive Leadership Conference Update

Action Alert | Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Adaptive Leadership Conference Update

Actions of the WeekGenderAvengerAugust 23, 2017Rachel Fagen, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Kennedy School Alumni Adaptive Leadership Conference, conferencesComment

#GAReads | Evidence of a Toxic Environment for Women in Economics

#GAReads | Evidence of a Toxic Environment for Women in Economics

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 22, 2017Justin Wolfers, The New York Times, economics, Alice Wu, University of California, BerkeleyComment

#GAReads | How Women Got Crowded Out of the Computing Revolution

#GAReads | How Women Got Crowded Out of the Computing Revolution

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 21, 2017Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg, tech, technology, computers, Silicon Valley, computingComment

#GAReads | How the tech industry wrote women out of history

#GAReads | How the tech industry wrote women out of history

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 20, 2017Kirstie Brewer, The Guardian, computers, tech, technology, historyComment

#GAReads | Why there's been a big drop in women coaches under Title IX

#GAReads | Why there's been a big drop in women coaches under Title IX

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 19, 2017Isabelle Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, Title IX, David Berri, Kathy Delaney-Smith, sportsComment

#GAReads | Google 'professional women' emoji nominated for Design of the Year

#GAReads | Google 'professional women' emoji nominated for Design of the Year

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 18, 2017Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph, Google, Amy Butcher, emojiComment

The GenderAvenger Pledge is on Fire!

The GenderAvenger Pledge is on Fire!

GA OriginalsJen VentoAugust 18, 2017GenderAvenger Pledge {@} Comments

Avenger of the Week | Dame Helen Alexander, Former CEO of The Economist Group

Avenger of the Week | Dame Helen Alexander, Former CEO of The Economist Group

Avengers of the WeekJen VentoAugust 18, 2017Helen Alexander, The Economist Group, Confederation of British Industry, Financial Times Stock Exchange, Hampton-Alexander ReviewComment

#GAReads | Meet the Cambridge women going on the largest ever all-female trip to Antarctica

#GAReads | Meet the Cambridge women going on the largest ever all-female trip to Antarctica

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 17, 2017Tommy Lumby, Cambridge News, science, Antarctica, Cathy Sorbara, Madeleine Brasier, Hannah Laeverenz Schlogelhofer, tech, technology, engineering, mathematics, STEM, Homeward BoundComment

#GAReads | How women are gaining ground in virtual reality

#GAReads | How women are gaining ground in virtual reality

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 16, 2017Sabrina Faramarzi, The Guardian, virtual reality, tech, technologyComment

Action Alert | Diversity of Ties on Anderson Cooper 360: Funny? Not Funny.

Action Alert | Diversity of Ties on Anderson Cooper 360: Funny? Not Funny.

Actions of the WeekGenderAvengerAugust 16, 2017Anderson Cooper 360, Think Broader, Paula Broadwell, television, tv, CNNComment

Action Alert | What Kind of Example Is Harvard Kennedy School Setting?

Action Alert | What Kind of Example Is Harvard Kennedy School Setting?

Actions of the WeekGenderAvengerAugust 16, 2017Harvard Kennedy School, Adaptive Leadership Conference, conferencesComment

Action Alert | There Were No Women Speakers at the National Association of Women in Construction in Australia Wellness Breakfast

Action Alert | There Were No Women Speakers at the National Association of Women in Construction in Australia Wellness Breakfast

Actions of the WeekGenderAvengerAugust 16, 2017National Association of Women in Construction in AustraliaComment

#GAReads | Billabong Lets Women Know What It Thinks of Them, and It's Not Very Much

#GAReads | Billabong Lets Women Know What It Thinks of Them, and It's Not Very Much

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 15, 2017Billabong, Karen Knowlton, Women 2.0Comment

#GAReads | This phenomenal young woman found a cure for leprosy, but the man she worked with got the credit

#GAReads | This phenomenal young woman found a cure for leprosy, but the man she worked with got the credit

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 14, 2017Elise Knutsen, The Matilda Effect, leprosy, medicine, science, history, Dr. Arthur Dean, University of Hawaii, Alice Ball, chemistryComment

#GAReads | What that Google memo didn't tell you about pay inequality in America

#GAReads | What that Google memo didn't tell you about pay inequality in America

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 13, 2017Mona Chalabi, Amanda Holpuch, The Guardian, Google, wage gap, pay gapComment

#GAReads | 22 Feminist Books to Educate and Empower You

#GAReads | 22 Feminist Books to Educate and Empower You

#GAReadsGenderAvengerAugust 12, 2017Erika W. Smith, BUST, books, listsComment