Kontrary by Rebecca Thorman - Tech, Media and Life » Women http://kontrary.com Kontrary provides a different take on tech, media and life by Rebecca Thorman. Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:41:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Women in Tech Need to Stop Segregating Themselves http://kontrary.com/2011/06/08/women-in-tech-need-to-stop-segregating-themselves/ http://kontrary.com/2011/06/08/women-in-tech-need-to-stop-segregating-themselves/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:00:08 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=1851    I don’t particularly like writing about women and tech. It’s uncomfortable. And it makes me uncomfortable. It means sometimes critiquing people that have been nice to me. It also means critiquing an industry that people like. It’s companies like Facebook, after all, not BP.

Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2011/06/08/women-in-tech-need-to-stop-segregating-themselves/feed/ 17 The Buck Stops With Generation Z http://kontrary.com/2011/05/31/inequality-the-buck-stops-with-generation-z/ http://kontrary.com/2011/05/31/inequality-the-buck-stops-with-generation-z/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 11:00:16 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=1523 Gender inequality exists, but only in the workplace. Young women grow up believing in equality, but when she enters the workplace, she hits a brick wall.  That will stop when Generation Z joins the workforce. Not because gendered roles will somehow evolve in the Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2011/05/31/inequality-the-buck-stops-with-generation-z/feed/ 11 Women Struggle With New Literacy: Programming Your Life http://kontrary.com/2011/04/27/women-struggle-with-new-literacy-programming-your-life/ http://kontrary.com/2011/04/27/women-struggle-with-new-literacy-programming-your-life/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:00:45 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=1129 The web makes it easier than ever to test and execute on your ideas, at least for those who know how to code: Mark, Aaron, Ev and Biz – you know, the ones running the show. These guys al Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2011/04/27/women-struggle-with-new-literacy-programming-your-life/feed/ 11 A Brief History of How We Fail Women http://kontrary.com/2011/03/31/a-brief-history-of-how-we-fail-woman/ http://kontrary.com/2011/03/31/a-brief-history-of-how-we-fail-woman/#comments Thu, 31 Mar 2011 09:00:09 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=211 Women were raised with the idea that we have a choice – a choice to be single or not, to have kids or not, to delay marriage, to pursue a career or not, to have it all, to live our lives the way we want to… or not. Female empowerment by way of the pill, Sex in the City, and a steady Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2011/03/31/a-brief-history-of-how-we-fail-woman/feed/ 26 Women Don’t Need Exposure http://kontrary.com/2010/08/31/women-don%e2%80%99t-need-exposure/ http://kontrary.com/2010/08/31/women-don%e2%80%99t-need-exposure/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:52:54 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=2222 Tech Crunch founder Michael Arrington argued in “Too Few Women in Tech? Stop Blaming Men” that he and other men already do plenty for women: he has a female CEO, two out of four of his senior editors are women, and he begs and pleads for women to speak at his confe Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2010/08/31/women-don%e2%80%99t-need-exposure/feed/ 19 The Miseducation of a Woman http://kontrary.com/2010/01/13/the-miseducation-of-a-woman/ http://kontrary.com/2010/01/13/the-miseducation-of-a-woman/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:52:55 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/?p=874 Florida at Christmastime isn’t particularly warm, but it’s near tropical for Wisconsinites (of which I am finally one), so it is not the light breeze that causes my arms to hover close to my core while sitting at the pool. In fact, it is something th Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2010/01/13/the-miseducation-of-a-woman/feed/ 26 No-nonsense advice from Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/ http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:18:52 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/

Ever since Carol Bartz became CEO of Yahoo, I’ve been watching her closely. I love that she’s a woman leading a tech company, I love that sh Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/10/21/no-nonsense-advice-from-yahoo-ceo-carol-bartz/feed/ 0 Midwest women marry early http://kontrary.com/2009/10/20/midwest-women-marry-early/ http://kontrary.com/2009/10/20/midwest-women-marry-early/#comments Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:47:06 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/10/20/midwest-women-marry-early/

In some more research related to my post onRead more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/10/20/midwest-women-marry-early/feed/ 0 Career women should try harder – especially in the Midwest http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/ http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 04:02:26 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/ Ryan and I recently celebrated one year of dating officially. What makes this more impressive is that we’re both extremely career-oriented. Even more extraordinary is the fact Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2009/10/06/career-women-should-try-harder-%e2%80%93-especially-in-the-midwest/feed/ 47 Women will lead Generation Y – what will men do? http://kontrary.com/2008/05/13/women-will-lead-generation-y-%e2%80%93-what-will-men-do/ http://kontrary.com/2008/05/13/women-will-lead-generation-y-%e2%80%93-what-will-men-do/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 05:35:16 +0000 Rebecca Thorman http://kontrary.com/2008/05/13/women-will-lead-generation-y-%e2%80%93-what-will-men-do/ I really like alpha males – Hercules is the latest and perhaps greatest example in my line-up. Johannes is another. But these male leaders Read more ...]]> http://kontrary.com/2008/05/13/women-will-lead-generation-y-%e2%80%93-what-will-men-do/feed/ 69