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In 1984, 38 percent of computer science degrees were awarded to women. In 2014, less than 10 percent were. No matter how many role models, mentors, and larger-than-life superheroines exist in popular media, we are failing. We are failing to
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― Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid
“In Hidden Writing, a main plot is constructed to camouflage other plots (which can register themselves as plot holes) by overlapping them with the surface (superficially dynamic plot) or the grounded theme. In terms of such a writing, the main plot is the map or the concentration blueprint of plot holes (the other plots).”
― Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials
― Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials
“You kneel beside her, breathing the familiar smell of Sasha's sleep, whispering into her ear some mix of I'm sorry and I will never leave you, I'll be curled around your heart for the rest of your life, until the water pressing my shoulders and chest crushes me awake and I hear Sasha screaming into my face: Fight! Fight! Fight!”
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
― A Visit from the Goon Squad
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