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This week's guest is Liza Mundy, a senior fellow at New America and the author of this month's cover story in the Atlantic, "Why is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?"

She's also the author of several books, including "The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family," and the upcoming book "Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers Who Helped Win World War II."
We talked about why Silicon Valley is still so tough for women, what's being done to fix it, and why we should dismantle the myth of the lone male genius.

Read Liza's articles:

Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful To Women? www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archiv…o-women/517788/
Why Janet Reno Fascinates, Confounds and Even Terrifies America? - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politi…eno012598.htm
The Hillary Dilemma - www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politi…ary032199.htm

Articles/books/etc mentioned:
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber: www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19…e-year-at-uber
Lean In: amzn.to/2mG1dvy
The Innovators, by Walter Isaacson: amzn.to/2mFZ1nQ
Elizabeth Gilbert TED Talk: Your elusive creative genius: Elizabeth Gilbert: Your elusive creative genius

Read Liza's books:

Pre-order her latest, book, Code Girls: amzn.to/2nT885L
The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners is Transforming Sex, Love and Family: amzn.to/2nSXQCM
Michelle: A Biography: amzn.to/2mFVLcf

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"No matter what you do, no matter which end of the age spectrum you're on, people always judge you."

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"Every woman knows this to be true: When you tell someone your age, you give them the power to decide how you're perceived. No matter your qualifications, people are predisposed to judge what you are really 'worth' to them based on your age. The point of someone asking your age is almost always so that the asker can make a judgement about you based on that age – what other reason is there?"

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This week I spoke with Payton Cosell Turner and Eliza Wexelman, the rad women behind Girls At Library, the gorgeous and smart online journal dedicated to women who love literature. We debated the merits of print versus e-book, running a bicoastal business, and the importance of constantly re-educating yourself.

"I feel like there are people similar to us who are interested in reading but also interested in visuals and creativity and I think just trying to create a place for other women or other readers who wanted to have a resource. It's all the things we wanted in a website."

Check out GAL here: http://www.girlsatlibrary.com/
Payton's Twitter: https://twitter.com/pcosellturner
Eliza's Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizawexelman

Some of the things we talked about:
Into the Gloss: https://intothegloss.com/
Graywolf Press: https://www.graywolfpress.org/

My favorite GAL interviews:
Audrey Gelman: http://www.girlsatlibrary.com/interviews/audrey-gelman
Wesley Pfleeger: http://www.girlsatlibrary.com/interviews/wesley-pfleeger
Jeannette Lee: http://www.girlsatlibrary.com/interviews/jeannette-lee

Books we talked about:
Red Parts, Maggie Nelson: http://amzn.to/2mEiplx
Ongoingness: The End of a Diary, Sarah Manguso: http://amzn.to/2l68M37
1919, John Dos Passos: http://amzn.to/2mxxJkO
Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray : http://amzn.to/2l6n2sr
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Richard Hofstadter: http://amzn.to/2mEgaPq
A Little Life, Hanya Yanagihar: http://amzn.to/2mnFKMz

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"It's absolutely become the norm for me to be the youngest, and at times most female person in the room. And it's really intimidating. But you kind of just have to put your head down and accept that you have a right to be there, and that more women should have the right to be at that table."

This week, Hilary Matfess talks about being a young woman in traditionally masculine spaces, reporting in Sub-Saharan Africa, her early lupus diagnosis, and how she got her first book deal.

Hilary is a senior program officer at the Center for Democracy and Development in Abuja, Nigeria, and a visiting fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies at the National Defense University, among about a hundred other credentials and affiliations. She's also a dear friend of mine, and her life and work ethic are amazingly inspiring.

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This week I share a few sounds and stories from the Women's March on Washington this weekend. After that, I have a quick interview with Indira Cesarine, curator of the UPRISE / ANGRY WOMEN exhibit at The Untitled Space in NYC.

You can read more about the exhibit here: http://untitled-space.com/uprise-angry-women-group-show/

Things we talked about:
The Untitled Magazine: http://untitled-magazine.com/
Making Art During Fascism, the pamphlet from Beth Pickens: http://www.bethpickens.com/test/


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This week I'm dropping in a mini episode to talk about my somewhat new relationship with mental illness and goal-oriented behavior. If what I'm talking about resonates with you, I'd love to hear from you! Hit me up at helloladycast@gmail.com.

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