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		<title>Sponsorship isn&#8217;t enough: Why Tech Companies Are Failing To Attract Female Engineers</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2015/03/16/sponsorship-isnt-enough-why-tech-companies-are-failing-to-attract-female-engineers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Get a Job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race + Awareness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I gave a talk at the 2015 Lesbians Who Tech Summit in San Francisco on how tech companies could attract more software engineers. It was well received and illustrated how perceptions and strategies can be embraced to not only fill more tech jobs on the market but create a workplace that [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Technology Has A Culture Problem, Not a Man Problem</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2014/04/09/technologys-culture-problem/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2014 22:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Equality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race + Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TechCrunch Disrupt]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a response to “Technology’s Man Problem,” an article printed in the April 5th edition of the New York Times by Claire Cain Miller. Reading Miller’s recent article in the New York Times, one would think everyone working in the technology sector is White. Unfortunately, in “Technology’s Man Problem,” Miller treats the issues facing women in a one-dimensional way, sensationalizing events and generalizing the experiences of women in the community. Technology doesn’t have a ‘man problem’––as posited by Miller in the New York Times––it has a culture problem. Gilliam is a woman of color working in technology, and yet she didn’t see herself in Claire Miller’s article addressing her industry. ” I’m not excusing sexism or giving men a pass, but my focus is to bring the relevant cultural problems––like a lack of diversity––in tech to the forefront. Miller missed a pivotal opportunity to address a larger problem in tech––the lack of solidarity in tech–– and chose to instead churn out yet another article positioning the industry as dangerous and wild, particular for “women.]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Opt Out Of TSA Body Scans At The Airport</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2014/03/05/why-i-opt-out-of-tsa-body-scans-at-the-airport/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2014/03/05/why-i-opt-out-of-tsa-body-scans-at-the-airport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2014 20:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ Some passengers object to the body scans based on personal freedom or are uncomfortable with the invasive images generated by the TSA scanners. Two years ago (2012) I started opting on a consistently from TSA body scans. Once a TSA agent is found, they go over logistics with you -- the location of your items you sent through for screening and how the opt out process works. My friend from Australia often would complain about the treatment he got from TSA staff while traveling in the US and he would heckle them to challenge his personal freedoms being cast aside for compliance usually expected from cattle. I will continue to opt out at airports but I look forward to the day where we focus on doing what is effective vs what looks like it's effective.]]></description>
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		<title>2014 SXSW Talk: Building The Bridge To Equality With Allies</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2014/02/28/2014-sxsw-talk-building-the-bridge-to-equality-with-allies/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2014/02/28/2014-sxsw-talk-building-the-bridge-to-equality-with-allies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm giving a talk titled, "Building The Bridge To Equality With Allies" and co-presenting with Dr. This topic is especially close to my heart this year due to my experience last year of being targeted for a massive online harassment campaign by hate groups after speaking out about sexual harassment at a tech conference.  As an introvert, I've been most comfortable operating behind the scenes to create positive change and opportunities for underrepresented groups in technology but I've come to understand that speaking out is a powerful tool for change and healing. Join us for this core conversation on how to be a supportive ally, how to recognize and reinforce good ally behavior and the impact of activating bystanders to speak up and say something. This panel seeks to provide practical strategies to help attendees become respectful allies to marginalized groups of people and expand the understanding of intersectional diversity.]]></description>
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		<title>My 2014 birthday blog post</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2014/02/27/my-2014-birthday-blog-post/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2014/02/27/my-2014-birthday-blog-post/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 00:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;this is a placeholder.  To hold onto tradition and break the silence on my blog. For the last five years I&#8217;ve done a blog post to celebrate and appreciate another year of life.  I&#8217;ve done special things  on my birthday like going to the spa to relax, having dinner with friends and doing things I enjoy [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Forking and Dongle Jokes Don&#8217;t Belong At Tech Conferences</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/03/18/forking-and-dongle-jokes-dont-belong-at-tech-conferences/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/03/18/forking-and-dongle-jokes-dont-belong-at-tech-conferences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 04:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Big Picture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Devangelist Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women + Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I publicly called out a group of guys at the PyCon conference who were not being respectful to the community. Jokes about forking repo's in a sexual way and "big" dongles. He said he would be interested in forking the repo and continuing development.  PyCon was my 5th and final conference before heading home. The stuff about the dongles wasn't even logical and as a self professed nerd, that bothered me. We try to keep registration far cheaper than most comparable technology conferences, to keep PyCon accessible to the widest group possible. PyCon is a diverse conference dedicated to providing an enjoyable experience to everyone. As I walked back to my seat, I cannot tell you how proud I was of the PyCon and Python community at the very moment for keeping their word to make the conference a safe place to be. The forking joke set the stage for the dongle joke. I had been talking with a developer after lunch in the hall and he told me he had made a joke. Not every woman who attends a tech conference is a victim in waiting.]]></description>
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		<title>Plancast Joins Pinterest: How Social Networks Can Leverage Existing Relationships Of Relevance</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/02/24/plancast-joins-pinterest-2/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/02/24/plancast-joins-pinterest-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Feb 2013 08:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There should be a tool in place to help these notifications be more graceful and suggest to Pinterest users the value of following the other social network account on their Pinterest service. In time, teams at the social networks will work together to deliver communications that take into account the entire user experience and really leverage your existing trust and relationships with other networks.]]></description>
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		<title>Success Against The Odds: Filling My Technology Knapsack From Scratch</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/02/06/success-against-the-odds-filling-my-technology-knapsack-from-scratch/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/02/06/success-against-the-odds-filling-my-technology-knapsack-from-scratch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 11:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I'm going to share my story of success in technology despite having an upside down childhood.  I was inspired after reading Danilo's post about unpacking his Hispanic knapsack of privilege. There's been a lot of controversy with Jason and Anil arguing on Twitter about Jamelle's article on how hard it is to become a Black tech journalist but there is more to it than that. I work for a successful tech startup as a developer evangelist and travel the world.  I have a long list of companies I've worked for and a broad skill set. Shortly after my birth, my alcoholic father began beating my mother on a regular basis.  My youngest sister is mentally retarded due to his abuse while my mother was pregnant. My mom had decided to give my brother up for adoption because she didn't feel she could take care of five kids.  My mom wasn't working and the food stamps didn't last long with me and my three sisters. Montessori beats all the rest and when we run and jump and make new friends, we laugh and learn and play and run, we will always have so much fun. stay at the kids shelter, go to court, my mom would tell the judge she would make me go to school, I would come home, the social worker would visit and I would stop going to school again. Another problem with school was that I couldn't see the chalk board. Why had no one told me this before?  We went into court and at the age of 11, I no longer had to live with my mother.  I was living in a suburb called Eden Prairie. I started school in the winter after I had found a new place to live. I graduated high school at 19 and looked for an internship for the summer.  I explained my desire to work with animals and secured an introduction that led to an internship on a horse farm near Glencoe, MN.  I went back to the city with a little something extra: a hand me down computer. I figured out how to get the computer online after calling Qwest to order a phone line.  I didn't exactly understand the difference between floppy disks only working for a PC or a Macintosh and destroyed a few. I wanted to learn more about computers so I found a job where I could learn more. It turns out that installing hardware can behard  I put in the hard drive.  I wanted to stop others from suffering the pain I had endured as a child. I had been working at the used computer parts store for a few months. I kept reading, trying things and submitting bug reports to Microsoft. My friend Jesse came over and showed me how he could make a web page and change the colors. Back at the horse farm that next summer, I registered my first domain name and began to figure out how to build websites.  There isn't much to do in the middle of nowhere at night so I had plenty of time to learn. I began figuring out how to get more knowledge and experience with computers. I got a book called, What Color Is Your Parachute, and began reading on how to get the job I wanted. I started on hardware troubleshooting and then moved to software. Unfortunately 2006 was also the year that I experienced domestic violence again for the 2nd time in my life and it was devastating. After two years of living in fear, things began to get better. A few months before I moved to San Francisco (this would have been November 2009), my neighbor started knocking furiously on my door.  I had gone back to parking my car near the front of the building after taking the class. Just because I didn't live at home didn't mean I had escaped the past. I don't like the holiday season, or at least I haven't for many years because of how I grew up.  I will learn to love and enjoy the holidays despite my past. These are the remnants of trauma I must live with but the good thing is I can and have overcome them. And as I learned to use social media and focused on building my brand as a technology consultant, my opportunities grew.  I did the same thing on Twitter - I tweeted things I found interesting in the hope of helping others. Eventually I hit the jackpot of blogging about a technology subject that intersected a big political issue and it landed me on The Rachel Maddow Show. Sometimes I've experience a disconnect when trying to relate to people who live in San Francisco and are part of the tech world because of how I grew up.  According to this CNN cost of living calculator, housing costs are 138% higher in San Francisco, CA than Minneapolis, MN where I moved from. Last year when I was reading the Hunger Games, I started to cry because I could identify with Katniss Everdeen as the book described her daily hunger because there wasn't enough food.  Because of this, I am more careful in disclosing my past because I do not want to create a sense of disparity, guilt or resentment. These are things I've dealt with my entire life but I'm starting to see problems with other tech folks who haven't developed the coping skills to deal with large amounts of daily stress. I can understand they felt they didn't have anyone to go to and the only solution appeared to be ending their lives. Through my healing process from trauma and neglect, I gained skills and tools that helped me become empowered, speak up and take action.  A lot of guys have experienced health issues with their families and through that I've had the opportunity to connect on a more personal level. Mental health issues can stem from a lot of things. I experience anxiety tied to PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) on a daily basis. Think of veterans coming back from wars, when you saw the towers fall on 9/11, if you have ever been in a car accident or house fire, sexually assualted or experienced the death of a loved one. Higher up in this post I talk about understanding how to deal and heal from this using therapies like EMDR and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) to manage my thoughts and subsequently, my behavior and reactions.  Partly because I go to more events and partly from to my desire to be more dependable as a part of my character and let go of bad coping mechanisms that are no longer necessary. In schools, mental health is not taught, discussed or addressed. My knapsack was completely devoid of anything but I filled mine with knowledge and once it was full, I sought to share that with others. I hope if you're born with an invisible knapsack of privilege that you'll look for ways to share too. The other fallacy here is with the original article that it was hard to be a Black tech journalist is that race (or gender) are the only problems. Did that hurt?  If you felt the slightest bit uncomfortable, congratulations on having a tiny sampling of what it's like being a woman or Brown person.  But I don't say that to people besides him because I have compassion and understanding that people have things in their past that I can't possibly know or understand. If either of you really gave a crap, you would be rolling up your sleeves like I did when this young kid named Joseph (yes he is Black) reached out to me to find out how he could make YouTube videos about technology. It'a about understanding people, being persistant, setting goals and knowing how to get access to the network. I understand what it takes to be successful in technology and am working to bring this vision to life to change the world. I've carried a heavier load then most and despite that, I have actively decided to purse a path of self improvement, give back and inspire others.]]></description>
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		<title>Surround Yourself With Positive People Birthday Wish [VIDEO]</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/02/04/surround-yourself-with-positive-people-birthday-wish-video/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/02/04/surround-yourself-with-positive-people-birthday-wish-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year I make a YouTube video for my birthday. Why?  Because I have  fantastic people in my life who are doing awesome things, achieving their goals and helping others. My birthday video on positive people has struck a chord and many of you have left awesome comments.  Wow, I was just looking at Proverbs 27:17 then I came across your video in my subscription talking about what else? Being around positive people. When I was going through a hard time six years ago, I used to pray for God to help me surround myself with positive people. All this praying brought clarity and that's how I realized that I needed more people in my life to help me, to support me and to lean on. surround yourself with positive people like I've done and your journey is made infinitely easier. I'm going to be taking things pretty easy on my birthday but each year I always make a video and do a blog post to summarize where I am and what I'm grateful for. I hope the next time your birthday comes around you'll be able to smile and think of all the things in you're life that make you happy.   This was about a month before I got my big break on the Rachel Maddow show so most people I knew on social networks lived in Minnesota and I knew them from real life.]]></description>
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		<title>5 Things I Want To See At CES 2013</title>
		<link>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/01/08/5-things-i-want-to-see-at-ces-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://butyoureagirl.com/2013/01/08/5-things-i-want-to-see-at-ces-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adria Richards]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m at CES, the Consumer Electronics Show, for the first time this week and decided to make a quick video and share what solutions I&#8217;m looking for in the world of computer gadgets: Awesome Android phone that beats the iPhone Portable video recorder with microphone input and wireless upload External hard drive for video editing [&#8230;]]]></description>
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