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  TODAYS GAY & LESBIAN EVENTS

Thursday April 26th

Paper-back Book Launch: Programmed Inequalities
7:30pm

Marie Hicks with special guests Julie Keck and Jessica King Programmed Inequalities Paperback Book Launch In 1944, Britain led the world in electronic computing, but by 1974 its computing industry was all but extinct. Women had been a hidden engine of growth in high technology, but as computing became male-identified in the 1960s and 1970s, the government systematically neglected its largest trained technical workforce, leading to catastrophe. In Programmed Inequality, Chicago-based author Marie Hicks explains why, even today, having technical skill is not enough to ensure women will rise to the top in science and technology fields. Hicks also shows how the disappearance of women from computing had grave macroeconomic consequences for Britain and why the United States is now at risk of repeating those errors. For the paperback release of Programmed Inequality, author Marie Hicks will be joined by feminist filmmakers and writers Julie Keck and Jessica King for a lively conversation. Marie Hicks is a historian of technology who focuses on the hidden histories of computing. Currently they are working on a book that looks at the deep pre-history of trans algorithmic bias and explores how users resisted within early digital systems. Julie Keck and Jessica King are Chicago-based filmmakers and writers whose work includes: F*ck Yes, a modern sex ed series focused on improving communication (and sex) between consenting adults; Full Out, a queer dance series; and The Furies, a series of dance films exploring female rage. When not making films, Jessica teaches screenwriting and film studies in DePaul University's College of Computing and Digital Media while Julie is the education director at Seed&Spark. She speaks on topics related to filmmaking, social media, and crowdfunding at film festivals and universities around the world.


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Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60640
(773) 769-9299
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