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Hi Mz, I went back and re-read your comments on the other piece, and while I obviously couldn't read the comments you deleted, I didn't see anything in the comm

Hi Mz, I went back and re-read your comments on the other piece, and while I obviously couldn't read the comments you deleted, I didn't see anything in the comments you left to indicate that they should be considered inflammatory. If people are willing to flag a post based on your comments, that in itself indicates that there's something wrong with how the tech community regards women. Even the excuses posted elsewhere on this piece suggest the double standard that's going on: significant, reproducible gender imbalances in pay and other treatment are "politics", but a snarky post by Gruber is Serious Business. By the way, I'm sorry to hear about your troubles, and I hope you can resolve them without too much disruption.

Mz 15y ago
As for the gender stuff: I think it's actually fairly common for men to react negatively to me in part simply because I am female. Here and now is probably not the time to start publicly navel gazing in that regard. I'm short of sleep. I need to be in to work early. Blah blah blah. As for my personal troubles, I just need about $75,000 to clean up my financial mess and start my life over elsewhere. Thinking of taking up a collection. Donations or assistance spreading the word or what not are very welcome. It's really a drop in the bucket compared to what my medical condition is supposed to cost to treat. And it feels very unfair that the unconventional approach I took, which was both so much more effective and so much cheaper than conventional treatments, is simply not covered by the state aid, federal aid, charities, and insurance that would help cover conventional treatments. It bites. Take care.