My name is Sophia Lee, and I am a Software Developer at Microsoft. I am the board chair of a non-profit organization Gender Justice League and I am a Commissioner with the Seattle Women’s Commission. But when I was younger, I lived with a secret. I wanted to be pretty. I wanted to dance. I …
Month: February 2020
Algorithms of Oppression
The other day I was reading Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble and she mentioned how Google searches for “Black Girls” brought up racist and sexual content of black girls when she was writing this book. This has been since fixed up and now searches for “Black Girls” brings up positive confirming and empowering …
Transgender Emoji
These days so much communication is done in short quick messages. With these concise forms of communication often times a lot of subtle meanings get lost. Emojis help fill in those gaps. Emojis may seem trite, like something only teenagers use when communicating with each other, but more and more businesses are incorporating them into …