I am a PhD student in a computing department, so I guess it’s not surprising that my social media feeds have been full of outrage over Barbie’s “computer engineering” skills…

White characters are seen as more universal, and that's got to change.

In 2013, I found that, over the course of a year, about 25 percent of the people I quoted or mentioned were women. Two years later, a similar analysis yielded discouraging results.

Misconceptions about disability and disabled people are still widespread–and the Science Fiction community is no exception. Science fiction and fantasy fans consume a steady diet of fiction t…

"We've got 9% of women of color in engineering at Slack, four of whom are up here tonight in formation."

Without any real training, they learned what it took to make ENIAC work – and made it a humming success. Their contributions were overlooked for decades.

Writer, mum and doll merchant

Why  we should think twice before letting kids watch some Disney movies.

Examining the Gender of Writers, Producers, and Directors Who Make films that fail the Bechdel Test

I didn’t make it to ALA’s Midwinter this year, and, truth be told, I haven’t been paying attention to what’s happening there. But yesterday morning as I was going through my post-workout post-showe…

Star Wars is finding all sorts of new fans in Nigeria thanks to The Force Awakens' John Boyega.

Adam reveals how Nintendo's early marketing plan resulted in video games being pushed toward one gender.

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Some people see Jessica Jones as the literal reversal of a typical Marvel production, meaning they thought it was sexist towards men. Let’s break this down.

She's got a great new collection of comics.

A gender imbalance among prognosticators means the road ahead looks a whole lot like Tomorrowland—and not in a good way.

Are today's teen girls poised to close the gender gap tomorrow? This new research report from the Making Caring Common Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education suggests that teen girls face a powerful barrier to leadership: gender bias.