erica
@erica
women/nb dominating the leaderboards on a weekly basis and not a single one chosen by the fc community for a lightning talk at farcon π₯² and yes there were plenty to choose from - 5/6 of my choices for talks were by women/nb folks
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@lambchop
no offense but if they just pick an all male panel it just continues the cycle of misogyny and silencing women in the space
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erica
@erica
i'm not sure what the actual talks are going to be - these are just the community-voted lightning talks but i do 1000% agree we need more diversity of voices on crypto/tech panels in general and don't just slap a woman on there to fill out the diversity, put effort in to finding an expert in the field (i see this happen all too often)
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@lambchop
companies and society seems to be moving away from caring about diversity again
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erica
@erica
yeah...the only thing that brings me comfort in this is looking back at the cycles of history large increases in social progress have always been preceded by intense periods of conservatism or backlashes: slavery > slavery abolished, Black power & civil rights during Reconstruction > white supremacy backlash & Jim Crow > Civil Right's Movement of 1960s (women's suffrage, Roe v Wade, birth control access, financial and workplace rights for minorities) > rise of the New Right, push towards traditional values, intense homophobia due to AIDs crisis of 80s > 3rd wave feminism & LGBTQ+ rights (gay marriage)
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