Words have power, as Carolyn Drucker of SoundCloud shares in her Ignite NYC talk.
My favorite quotes from the video:
- If you want to be respected in tech as a woman, don’t call yourself a girl.
- When people refer to an adult woman as a girl, it implies authority on the part of the speaker. Girl is a diminutive.
- I look forward to the time I can finish the New York Times crossword in one sitting.
- Calling yourself a girl in the workplace diminishes you.
- Being a woman should not have to be sugar-coated.
- Take charge of what you do and don’t apologize.
- You define the woman that you are.
- If you’re not comfortable calling yourself a women, ask yourself why?
If Brittany can figure out she’s not a girl anymore, why can’t women in tech?
