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easier to tell yourself that you've worked harder

Ten years ago, the techies who became suddenly and extravagantly wealthy were were often self-conscious about flaunting their riches. It used to be that it wasn't cool, after your IPO, to pull up to the office in a Ferrari. But staying humble and empathic to those not in your rarefied circle or zip…

—p.12 Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley Introduction (1) by Emily Chang
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easier to tell yourself that you've worked harder

Ten years ago, the techies who became suddenly and extravagantly wealthy were were often self-conscious about flaunting their riches. It used to be that it wasn't cool, after your IPO, to pull up to the office in a Ferrari. But staying humble and empathic to those not in your rarefied circle or zip…

—p.12 Introduction (1) by Emily Chang
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there were no women in the classroom at the time project/panopticon

When I asked Pratt why he had never shared his role in Lena's story, [...] He seemed nonplussed when I pressed him about the controversy that still surrounds the choice of this test photo. “I haven't paid attention to [the controversy] at all,” he said. "[...] It was just natural that we would use …

—p.5 Introduction (1) by Emily Chang
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I am a dissolute and undisciplined creature misc/poetry

At home, I tell my vegetarian friends
that I admire them,
and I do, I think, sneaking mouthfuls
of boiled bird
from the walk-in freezer
I am a dissolute
and undisciplined creature,
but I harbor no illusions
that I am alone.

—p.115 Variations of Labor In Starbucks on My Thirty (113) by Alex Gallo-Brown
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it's practically the whole goddamned thing project/panopticon

"The union?" the woman asked after he introduced himself.

"Like I was saying, ma'am, I'm here because workers from all over the state are coming together -"

"Let me guess. To take out of my pocket? To pay people like you?"

"No, ma'am, they're coming together because -"

"Look at you." Sh…

—p.61 The Union Organizer (55) by Alex Gallo-Brown