In Which We Teach You How To Be A Woman In Any Boys' Club. Can't Be Tamed: A Manifesto by MOLLY LAMBERT for Kathleen Hanna, Kim Deal, and Kim Gordon Here are some rules about how to be a girl in a boys' club. This works for any world you're in or want to be in. Befriend The Other Woman: Always. What If She Sucks? What If She Actually Sucks? What If She's Cool But I Still Feel Competitive? Why Do Dudes Think You're In Competition With The Other Girls? Why exactly they can't handle this is something that I understand but can't really sympathize with for obvious reasons. The truth is that most kinds of talent aren't gendered. Ferrell isn't threatened by Fey because game recognize game. What If I Love Being The Only Girl In The Boys Club? You will never actually be part of the boys' club, because you are a woman. Drive It Like You Stole It: Be the best. Complain And Explain: If somebody says or does something fucked up, call them out on it.
What If I Complain And Get Laughed At And Dismissed? - Of course you can join, but you have to shut up. Why Tech Already Has Women And They're Better Than Arrington | Danny Brown. “Companies, including information technology, with the highest percentages of women board directors outperformed those with the least by 66%,” according to research by Catalyst. “Gender diversity [is] particularly valuable where innovation is key,” according to studies by Illuminate Ventures.
Microsoft Canada is recognizing women’s importance in technology with Canada-wide conferences advancing women in technology and their roles within companies. In spite of the statistical advantages of women in tech, negative trends towards male speakers and executive leadership continue. Worse, reading this negative enforcement of sexism in tech has been a damn shame.
Working with great women in tech — Susan Murphy, Beth Kanter, Kami Huyse, Allyson Kapin, Amber MacArthur, Sarah Prevette, Lisa Kalandjian and Cali Lewis to name a few this year — has been a phenomenal experience for both of us, and they demonstrate every day how brilliant and capable they are. And it’s just plain stupid. Why Women Rule The Internet. Editor’s note: This guest post is written by Aileen Lee, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Aileen focuses on investing in early stage consumer internet ventures and previously worked at Gap, Odwalla, The Northface and Morgan Stanley. She was also founding CEO of KP-backed RMG Networks. Full disclosure: some of the companies mentioned below are KP-backed companies. You can read more about Aileen at KPCB.com and follow her on twitter at @aileenlee. It feels like we’re in a Golden Age of the web, led by consumer internet services and e-commerce.
Just consider these stats: Facebook—over 600 million users. Twitter—25 billion tweets last year. But here’s a little secret that’s gone unnoticed by most. Consider some more data. In e-commerce, female purchasing power is also pretty clear. Women even shop more on Chegg, which offers textbook rentals on college campuses across the country.
How about gaming, seemingly a bastion of men in their man caves? Hanna Rosin: New data on the rise of women. We Need Women Leaders; Here’s How to Get Them.