Today, we celebrate the achievements of women all over the world and recognize the incredible contributions they’ve made in shaping our society. Let's take a moment to honor the progress that has been made towards gender equality and to acknowledge the work that still needs to be done.
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On this (and every) International Women's Day, let's choose to challenge gender bias and inequality. It's time to celebrate the badass women who have broken the glass ceiling while wearing heels, played a game of Jenga with one hand while carrying a toddler in the other, and refused to be held back by outdated gender stereotypes. Let's also give a shoutout to all the men who support and empower women - because real men don't fear powerful women!
Remember that you are powerful, capable, and deserving of equality and respect. Keep pushing forward and advocating for a world where every woman and girl can reach their full potential. A world where we are encouraged to be bold and brave. A world where we continue to uplift each other.
Let us celebrate the women who inspire us, who have made an impact in our lives, and who have made the world a better place. Let us also take a moment to reflect on the work that still needs to be done and commit to making a difference, no matter how small.
Remember that you are powerful, capable, and deserving of equality and respect.
Happy International Women's Day! <3
Indeed, my hot internet sociology take is that women in the late 2010s and early 2020s have done more for tech as a whole than most men in tech working to be cruddy imitations of Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. "Benevolent dictators for life"/BDFLs are outdated social vestiges that should be left in the 1990s and 2000-nots, as women don't make such silly social constructs.
Frances Haugen is of stronger moral conscious than most men in Big Tech, who willing wearing the golden handcuffs of their lucrative jobs, for disclosing the 2021 Facebook leaks. Marta Belcher is working in the legal US framework from the US SEC from completely destroying the fundamental right to use cryptocurrency without being defanged under draconian legal measures. Joy Buolamwini, from the Coded Bias documentary, is fighting racial discrimination pervading facial recognition AI. Meredith Whittaker is providing the publicity Signal needs as President of the Signal Foundation. Last, but not least, Tarah Wheeler was an OG respected cybersecurity voice calling for diversity in hacking conventions, like DEF CON, way before cheap feel-good social media posts were commonplace.
The end of Mr. Robot shows that behind every protagonist like hacker extraordinaire Elliot Alderson, who gets most of the attention in the narrative; there is another unsung and ardent supporter: his sister Darlene Alderson. If there was any doubt that Darlene was Elliot's equal, then it is cast aside when Darlene stays behind to bring Elliot back to reality at the very end, no matter the difficulties in their relationship.
Happy International Women's Day, as the tech world would've already imploded on itself with the women listed here and not listed here, doing real work both in tech and elsewhere.