Leap Spins out of YC
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I suppose it's something that would get addressed if a problem arises. But for now, why bother creating a whole plan to solve a problem that doesn't actually exist?
There is a correct answer: People who call themselves women are women. Simple as that.
You're not the arbiter of Gender.
I don't go around misgendering people I don't like because I don't like them. That's shit.
According to the sign-up pitch that appears shortly after you start reading an AMA there: "Elpha is for anyone who identifies as a woman and/or non-binary."
> Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.
Then why does it rate limit the poster who might have spurred a discussion and wants to find out? They can't even post anymore until hours after the discussion died down even though little can be gleaned from the reason anyone downvoted them? There is some conflicting logic going around
We landed on Elpha by riffing on the word alpha and the notion that we want to create a place where women come first. We combined alpha with the French word for she (“Elle”) to create ellepha and then shortened it to elpha from there.
Two questions:
Would it be helpful for women in tech in Brazil? (wondering if I should refer it to my colleagues here)
Is it for profit or non-profit organization now?
And we're a for-profit company. :)
Just fixed it.
Maybe it can get mentioned in the FAQ too?
It's interesting in general that the design language for signaling "for women" (and "exclusive") is so incongruous with the design language of UGC.
It‘s Chiswick Sans, by the way: https://commercialtype.com/catalog/chiswick_sans