“White people can be exhausting” is the first line of I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness. If that doesn’t signal what’s to come, I’ll tell you this book is a complete page-turner. Not like “I’m...
Last month, a high school senior in upstate New York was asked by a teacher to wear a bra because her attire was deemed “distracting.” The next day, she showed up to school wearing a bra under her shirt, as requested. That wasn’t good enough. The...
Last night, I sent around this article to my team, which talks about society embracing masculine qualities—in men or women—and rejecting feminine qualities. The rejection was focused largely on men who exhibit “femininity,” and the double standard we place...
As you know, we care a lot about Allies and their central involvement in bringing gender equality to the tech space and the startup world. We got to listen in on a great conversation with Avis Yates Rivers (CEO of Technology Concepts Group International and Author...
I loved diving into Nikki Barua’s new book on bold leadership and leveling up. Barua, who shared with us part of her journey a few months ago, used a time when she felt she’d hit rock bottom as a turning point. Her experience of getting back up and...