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The Case of Computer Scientist Katie Bouman: The social media that glorifies and bullies

The name Katie Bouman, alongside the photo of this young, charming computer scientist, went trending for a couple of days as people celebrated the first-ever image of a black hole through her efforts, alongside a team of brilliant scientists and engineers. She led the development of an algorithm for creating the image of a black holes, known as the Continuous High-resolution Image Reconstruction using Patch priors (CHIRP). After the hype of her feat, it didn't take long when others started bullying her,

Born Out of Love: Career and motherhood

I read this social media post: Motherhood Is Not a Woman's Most Important Job: It's more like an unpaid volunteer position you commit to for life My two cents here... Some people tend to say, the best kind of work you can get is working with your passion and not treating your work as a job. As mentioned in this article, motherhood, a very fulfilling and miraculous experience one can have, is not a job and a mother doesn’t get paid for

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