A group of Google employees are taking to Twitter and Instagram tomorrow in an attempt to educate the public about forced arbitration, Recode first reported. From 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. EST, this group will share stories and facts about forced arbitration, as well as interviews from survivors and experts. This comes about one month […]
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Women’s co-working space The Wing adjusts membership policy to allow all genders
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Last year’s Crazy Rich Asians was a landmark moment for representation in Hollywood.
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View More The Mom Project, a job site for moms returning to work, nabs $8M from Initialized and moreUK video games workers unionize over ‘wide-scale exploitation’ and diversity issues
Working in video games might sound like a dream job to a 12-year-old Fortnight-loving kid, but the day-to-day reality of grinding in the industry can be as unrelenting as fighting an end of level baddie. Games devs are routinely corralled to “crunch” to hit sequential release target deadlines to ensure a project gets delivered on […]
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View More With $15M, The Riveter plans to open 100 new female-focused co-working spacesNew study finds female-led films perform better at box office. Your move, Hollywood.
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Movie audiences love women.
According to a study by Creative Arts Agency and shift7, films with women in leading roles earn more than their male counterparts at the box office, a finding which should lead to a major paradigm shift in show business.
“The perception that it’s not good business to have female leads is not true,” CAA agent Christy Haubegger told The New York Times. “They’re a marketing asset.”
CAA and shift7 examined 350 top box office films from 2014 to 2017, defining “lead actor” as the first performer credited in official press materials (also of note: most of these films passed the Bechdel test). 105 of these were women. In every category broken down by budget, films with women in the lead outperformed those starring men. Read more…
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Google employees demand the end of forced arbitration across the tech industry
On the heels of an employee-led protest against Google, a group of 35 Google employees is banding together to take it a step further and end the practice of forced arbitration across the entire tech industry. Forced arbitration ensures workplace disputes are settled behind closed doors and without any right to an appeal. These types of […]
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If the last few years has seen a growing consensus that the tech industry has a diversity and inclusion problem, then what is clearly needed next are practical solutions. While most people agree that building a diverse and inclusive company culture is easier to achieve the earlier you set out to do so, for startups […]
View More Q&A with Diversity VC’s Check Warner on newly launched Diversity & Inclusion guide for tech companiesAwaken offers meditations focused on healing from systems of oppression
A mindful, contemplative approach to internalized racism and sexism is a necessary piece of the puzzle of dismantling systems of oppression, Awaken founder and CEO Ravi Mishra says. That’s the entire point of Awaken, a mindfulness and meditation app specifically geared toward helping people cope with the harsh realities of today’s society. Awaken got its […]
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