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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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Netflix has decided to air Chappelle’s special, which contains jokes about transgender people, even though some employees have voiced concerns they feel have been ignored by the company. At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout.

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How the myth of the ‘girlboss’ harms emerging women in tech

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Green has spent her career bankrolling the companies that define what’s cool, including Glossier, Outdoor Voices and Away, whose founders are often cited as the archetypal examples of “girlbosses.”. “I Like, do you know any Vietnamese immigrant female founders in a Series A startup?

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