I can’t tell you how many times I’ve met someone — almost always a man — who, upon learning that I am an engineer, responds, “Wow! I thought you must work in marketing or something!” And I get it: I’m a blonde woman who works at a startup, which makes Read more…
Part One: An Eating Disorder? When I was seventeen, I stopped eating. It had been a long time coming. I wasn’t picky, exactly — I prided myself on my willingness to try spicy or pickled foods. But I was particular about what I ate (and about a lot of things) Read more…
In 2018, a conflict erupted at Google when a male software engineer proclaimed that women were less suited to working in technology. Many people came to his defense by citing a study from earlier that year that purported to find that, in countries with higher gender equality, fewer women worked Read more…
I’ve written before about how I strive to hit emotional highs and lows, and I do. But ideas, not feelings, are what keep me writing (and reading). I sit down to write a new story because I have some itching thought that I can’t work out any other way. I Read more…