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Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir

Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir

Black Box is a story that provides the strategies you need to pursue justice for yourself in the fight against pregnancy discrimination.

2023

Chelsey Glasson

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Why I’m yet another woman leaving the tech industry

With the continued hardships I know I’d encounter, especially as a mother, remaining in tech is too financially and emotionally risky.

Apr 8, 2024

A photo of Chelsey Glasson holding and kissing her baby.

Apr 8, 2024

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Introduction: Barriers to Justice

Laws alone aren’t enough to stop employers from discriminating against pregnant women, even at companies like Google.

Mar 1, 2023

Mar 1, 2023

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A Promise to My Daughter: When Belonging Isn’t Given, You Build It

Jan 11

A Promise to My Daughter: When Belonging Isn’t Given, You Build It

Jan 11

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I’m Not Returning to Google After Maternity Leave, and Here is Why

My Story of Retaliation and Discrimination at Google

Apr 18, 2024

Apr 18, 2024

You Need to Make This Right UXPA

How the User Experience Professionals Association International is condoning misconduct against women.

Apr 10, 2024

You Need to Make This Right UXPA

Apr 10, 2024

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We need to look closely at the number of pregnant tech workers being laid off right now

After spending nearly three long years entrenched in a legal battle with Google, fighting pregnancy discrimination I both witnessed and…

Feb 18, 2024

A picture of a pregnant woman’s stomach, with the woman’s hands resting on her belly.

Feb 18, 2024

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Why Women Need More Time to Report Pregnancy Discrimination

On June 27, the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act goes into effect. This new legislation will require private and public sector employers with…

Jun 10, 2023

An adult hand cradeling the feet of a newborn baby.

Jun 10, 2023

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It’s time for the tech industry to live up to its ideals

Beyond the facade of free food, massages, and dry cleaning.

Apr 8, 2024

Layoffs are illustrated by an oversized pair of scissors, that looms over seven workers sitting in office chairs suspended by strings. Employees use their laptop computers and mobile devices, but some of their jobs could be cut at any time, as they are shown hanging by a thread. Their jobs are on the line. Conceptual illustration uses a flat, limited color palette over a dark blue background, presented in isometric view on a 16x9 artboard.

Apr 8, 2024

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The emerging role of VP of UX

Which path is for me?

Apr 18, 2024

A professional looking woman hiking on a path with a navigation sign that presents to routes: Individual Contributor and Leadership.

Apr 18, 2024

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Five Things They Didn’t Teach Me In School About Being a User Researcher

Graduate school taught me the basics of conducting user research, but it taught me little about what it’s like working as a user…

Jun 1, 2020

Photo of five papier-mâché lightbulbs of different color, with the fifth one swinging away from the other four.

Jun 1, 2020

Chelsey Louise Glasson

Chelsey Louise Glasson

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User researcher, writer, and future attorney. Author of Black Box: A Pregnancy Discrimination Memoir.

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