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Po-Shen Loh Takes Action by Developing a COVID Tracking App Nov 30, 2020 | Career | As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, there remains a thirst for solutions. In the frustrating absence of effective solutions and answers from the government, people have been developing their own. One of these proactive individuals is Po-Shen Loh, a 38-year-old mathematician who developed a contact-tracing app as one way to tackle the coronavirus. Loh spoke to Mochi via Zoom about the NOVID — a portmanteau of “no” and “COVID” — app and the team effort it takes to implement social good.  Loh identif...

JS Lee and “Everyone Was Falling” Before the 2016 Election JS Lee’s novel “Everyone Was Falling” takes place in 2016, when racism, trauma and violence increased on the verge of Trump’s election. Reading the novel— which was released in September 2020 — after another election has passed feels foreboding yet affirming.  Intersectionality is at the center of the novel. Lucy is a queer, Asian adoptee who grew up as the only Asian in Bixby. She has long left life in the small town and now lives in the Bay Area of California. At the twentieth Bixby high school reunion, a mass shoot...

This week in our WiCipedia roundup: Google workers start to unionize; female keynoters take over a virtual CES; 2021 tech events for women; and more. Google employees are fed up with the tech behemoth and have started unionizing in the New Year, an article in The New York Times explains. While joining unions isn't common in the US for such white-collar jobs, hundreds of employees have banded together in outrage over Google's lack of response to numerous claims of sexual harassment and unequal pay. Employees are coming together with the help of The Alphabet Workers Union, which is affiliated ...

This week in our WiCipedia roundup: A booming tech space in Tennessee; Pinterest employee complaints draw unequal results; something good comes of Amazon's wealth; and more. When you think of tech, Middle Tennessee doesn't necessarily come to mind. Yet a local news source says the area, which includes Nashville, has become a booming hub for tech jobs. Proponents argue that the industry is thriving there, quality of life is much higher than in more notable regions and despite lower salaries, they go further than they would on the coasts. "The under-representation of women and minorities in the...

As a Contributing Writer, Copy Editor and Editorial Intern, Austin Beck-Doss shines at SLUG through his careful eye and substantive editorial intuition. As witty as it is incisive and profound, Beck-Doss’ writing oozes a humanistic edge and finds creative, accessible ways to highlight the people at the heart of his stories. This month, check out his feature on