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Everything About This “Beautiful Woman Soldering” Stock Photo Is Wrong

Everything About This “Beautiful Woman Soldering” Stock Photo Is Wrong

Mike Senese

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is a content producer with a focus on technology, science, and engineering. He served as Executive Editor of Make: magazine for nearly a decade, and previously was a senior editor at Wired. Mike has also starred in engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, fixing cars, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza. You might spot him at his local skatepark in the SF Bay Area.

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Insinuating that women don’t know how to solder perpetuates a gender divide that we should have overcome long ago.

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Why We’re Still Talking About Gender in STEM on Ada’s 200th Birthday

Why We’re Still Talking About Gender in STEM on Ada’s 200th Birthday

By Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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Ada Lovelace turns 200 today. In her honor, let’s talk about how the current STEM field treats women — and what we can do about it.

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LED Dress Wows Daily Show, Promotes Google Coding Initiative for Women

LED Dress Wows Daily Show, Promotes Google Coding Initiative for Women

By Sophia Smith

Sophia Smith

Sophia is the managing editor of the Make: blog. When she’s not greasing editorial gears, she likes to run, ride, climb, and lift things, and make lo-tech goods like zines, desserts, and altered clothing. @sophiuhcamille

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Google and Zac Posen designed a light-up LED dress to promote Made with Code, a new non-profit inspiring more young girls to learn computer science.

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Facilitating Gender Parity: One Engineering School’s Journey

Facilitating Gender Parity: One Engineering School’s Journey

Sara Breselor

By Sara Breselor

Sara Breselor

Sara Breselor is a journalist and editor based in San Francisco. She writes about technology, art, culture, and weird news for the Harper's Weekly Review, Wired, and Communication Arts.

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Joseph Helble, dean of the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College, talks diversity in engineering classes, and how to achieve it.

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Why It’s Good for Everyone When Your Makerspace Is More Inclusive

Why It’s Good for Everyone When Your Makerspace Is More Inclusive

By James Tiberius Burke

James Tiberius Burke

is a graphic designer for Make: Magazine. His life is defined by three B's: Bikes, Burgers, Battlestar Galactica. Tiny electric car enthusiast and founder of the Power Racing Series. (www.powerracingseries.org)

Also helped start a hackerspace that one time and tricked himself into thinking he didn't write this in the third person.

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There is a rather large gender gap in the makerspace community; one that has mirrored the well-documented gaps in various STEM fields, and while some proactive spaces have increased their efforts to support inclusivity, it has proven to be an uphill battle for others. It’s achievable though, with many examples (such as Artisan’s Asylum welding courses and the […]

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How to Make a Female Maker

How to Make a Female Maker

catherinebaxtertechbridge

By catherinebaxtertechbridge

catherinebaxtertechbridge

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Looking around a Maker Space or Maker Faire, how many girls do you see? Why aren’t more girls involved in the Maker movement? Increasingly, Makers around the country have been asking these questions; we at Techbridge are eager to contribute to this conversation. At Techbridge, we’re focused on inspiring girls in science, technology, engineering—and making. […]

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