Mary Caton and Robbie Have a Side Conversation During Class<\/p><\/div>\n

Future Class falls 50\/50 along gender lines: 3 women, 3 men. \u00a0We are not immune from the normal\u00a0structural\u00a0problems we see replicated across society. \u00a0For us, gender has been an issue. \u00a0I’m not pointing this issue out in an attempt to\u00a0vilify\u00a0the males in class. \u00a0Rather, I think it is interesting that despite conversations around this there is still disagreement on if it is happening in our class space. \u00a0Another interesting side conversation has been around who gets to dictate if the experience of sexism is real. \u00a0I am not sure if there is a solution for this, but I think that acknowledging that it exists is important.<\/p>\n

It also makes me wonder about the stories Cathy and Mitchell might have from their careers dealing with similar issues. \u00a0Anne Balsamo, who was part of the Storming the Academy tent and featured in the video on this page, is very vocal about her experiences of sexism during her career. \u00a0I am always thankful for people willing to give their voice to these subjects, especially when they’ve managed to be successful despite adversity, either real or perceived, that they have experienced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

or, a Topic Often Left Undiscussed I started really thinking about Gender when I was reflecting on what the experience of going to Drumbeat was like. \u00a0The opening, where two women at the top of their fields opened up this event for 450+ hackers, technology enthusiasts and\u00a0educators\u00a0was awe\u00a0inspiring. \u00a0It is something I noted on my […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=586"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":632,"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586\/revisions\/632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jadedid.com\/drumbeat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}