I remember a very interesting post from https://rachelbythebay.com/w/ where she argues that the better way to work towards diversity is to remove any blocks rather than actively soliciting “diverse” people. It’s late here but I’ll try to find the specific post tomorrow.

Agreed. The blocks I've identified: • no Code of Conduct • occasionally sexist / "bro"-y tone, real and perceived • no other women • lack of awareness / visibility My interest in doing things like.. specifically trying to find more women to interview on the podcast, or doing other projects where consciousness about gender is part of the planning and design process, is to work on the last point.

Not that post, but this CACM article summarizes how CMU achieved gender parity in CS through the same idea: https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/2/234346-how-computer-science-at-cmu-is-attracting-and-retaining-women/fulltext

I think she actually has several posts on the topic - here’s one of them - https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2012/10/14/fish/