- 1. Tomocredit, a New Credit Card That Is Not Based On Your Credit, Is Changing The Game For Young Adults And Immigrants Starting Out
- (Feminism)
- ... job and entered the enticing world of Silicon Valley start-ups. She began with a bang – raising $7 million for Tomocredit in seed funding from investors like Barclays and BAM Ventures. Tomocredit issues ...
- Created on 15 February 2022
- 2. The Internet is Raising Eyebrows at Joe Biden's New VP Kamala Harri
- (Feminism)
- ... film Clueless, “It is one thing to spark up a doobie and get laced at parties, but it is quite another to incarcerate Black and Brown people for marijuana while Chad from Silicon Valley received 100k for ...
- Created on 12 August 2020
- 3. Biotech Queen Kavya Kopparapu Is About To Become Your New Hero
- (Living)
- The newest STEM star taking the biotechnology industry by storm isn’t some Silicon Valley bro. She’s a Harvard University sophomore named Kavya Kopparapu and she’s literally changing the world. First ...
- Created on 24 July 2020
- 4. Around The World, Women Are Leading COVID-19 Testing Efforts
- (Living)
- ... she said. America's women doctors are also passionate about Coronavirus testing. Silicon Valley start-ups and their female founders are also trying to help the lack of testing for COVID-19. Healthcare ...
- Created on 01 April 2020
- 5. Safe Spaces On The Open Road: Why More Women Are Embracing #VanLife
- (Living)
- ... Long, a 20-year-old full-time student in Silicon Valley, had never even used a power tool before she converted a 1995 GMC Vandura Explorer into a home. “My van is my baby,” she says. “It gives me a sense ...
- Created on 07 August 2019
- 6. Felicity Huffman Pleads Guilty to Charges of Bribery
- (Entertainment)
- ... month the scandal has been one of many sensational stories (see Silicon Valley vampire Elizabeth Holmes) saturating the news and tabloids. The scandal involved multiple schools including Yale, USC, UCLA, ...
- Created on 09 April 2019
- 7. 10 Women Who Are Changing The Comedy Game In 2018
- (Entertainment)
- ... Megan's Twitter account launched her career in 2010, and she is now an Emmy-nominated comedy writer who wrote for Silicon Valley, Parks and Recreation, and she currently writes for The Good Place, the greatest ...
- Created on 20 December 2018
- 8. Week Of Women: November 23-29, 2018
- (Entertainment)
- ... BOOKS Come With Me by Helen Schulman This dark comedy set in Silicon Valley follows a family—a woman working in PR for a tech start-up; her husband, an unemployed print journalist; and their ...
- Created on 20 November 2018
- 9. "Brand New Old Love" Is An Honest Dramedy About The Pressures Of Adulthoo
- (Movies)
- ... (Josh Brener, Silicon Valley), who keeps bursting into their bedroom to use the en-suite bathroom (the only one in the one-bedroom apartment) with an endless parade of attractive women. But nearly every ...
- Created on 15 November 2018
- 10. 18 New Books By Women To Add To Your To-Read List For November 2018
- (Books)
- ... dancer who inspired Edgar Degas' famous sculpture. Come With Me: A Novel by Helen Schulman (November 27) This dark comedy set in Silicon Valley follows a family—a woman working in PR for a tech start-up; ...
- Created on 01 November 2018
- 11. Amy Sherman-Palladino Made History With Her Emmy Wins For "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
- (TV)
- ... Glover for his show Atlanta, as well as Hiro Murai for Atlanta, Bill Hader for Barry, Mark Cendrowski for The Big Bang Theory, Jesse Peretz for GLOW, and Mike Judge for Silicon Valley. In the writing category, ...
- Created on 19 September 2018
- 12. James Damore Is Suing Google For Allegedly Discriminating Against White Conservative Men
- (Living)
- ... women and people of color face in the workplace. “The Elephant in the Valley” is a tech study done in 2015 of senior-level women in Silicon Valley. The study found that 66% of the women “felt excluded ...
- Created on 09 January 2018
- 13. Rose McGowan's Suspension From Twitter Proves Misogyny In Tech Is Alive And Wel
- (Feminism)
- ... have historically been excluded from participation and decision making within the industry. "Why is Silicon Valley so awful to women?" asked an article in the Atlantic earlier this year. This manifests ...
- Created on 12 October 2017
- 14. Week of Women: September 15-21, 2017
- (Entertainment)
- ... Change by Ellen Pao In 2015, Ellen Pao became famous for suing her Silicon Valley venture capital firm for discrimination. Here, she tells her story for the first time. Out Tuesday, September 19, ...
- Created on 14 September 2017
- 15. 12 New Books By Women To Read This September
- (Books)
- ... jobs. Reset by Ellen Pao, September 19 Ellen Pao became famous for suing her Silicon Valley employer for gender discrimination, and she’s become a leader who champions diversity in the tech industry. ...
- Created on 24 August 2017
- 16. Why Do All These Women Keep Accusing Me of Sexual Harassment?
- (Entertainment)
- Hi. My name is Brad. You may not have heard of me before, but don’t worry, I’m rich. As a successful venture capitalist in Silicon Valley, I’ve helped launch some of the most innovative startups in ...
- Created on 13 July 2017
- 17. "The Big Sick" Turns A Real Love Story Into A Captivating Movie: BUST Revie
- (Movies)
- Fans know Kumail Nanjiani as one of the stars of Silicon Valley, a frequent scene-stealer in Portlandia, and a standup comic - but the Big Sick, which Nanjiani both co-wrote and starred in, shows a ...
- Created on 21 June 2017
- 18. These Stories From Uber and Tesla Show Everything That’s Wrong With Sexism in Tech
- (Feminism)
- ... speaking with Mashable on Monday further described the discrimination and sexism that exists within Silicon Valley, particularly at Tesla. 'There's definitely more of a culture of fear here,' the employee ...
- Created on 28 February 2017
- 19. Facebook Continues to Cause Harm to Marginalized Groups
- (Feminism)
- ... starts to take hate speech and other abuse more seriously. As Silicon Valley is largely white and male dominated, let’s hope Facebook will hire more women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ+ community ...
- Created on 13 January 2017
- 20. These Bras Are Actually Made For Breasts
- (Style)
- ... associates to evaluate the startup's worthiness. After meeting with one top Silicon Valley firm, a male partner told them he didn't want to invest "because 'we invest only in markets we understand'", Zak told ...
- Created on 22 December 2016
