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This Issue's Wonder Woman: Rae Morey

Rae Morey is a writer, marketer and communications specialist with two decades of experience working across the news, open source, and creative tech industries. Rae publishes The Repository, a weekly newsletter covering what's happening across the WordPress ecosystem. She also runs Words By Birds, a copy, comms and strategy studio.

What is your mantra?

"What's the worst that could happen?"

Tell us 3-5 tech tools that you swear by that make life & work a little easier.

Apple Notes, Slack, Rocket emoji app.

What's in your mug/glass/bottle during work hours?

Coffee!

What's in your mug/glass/bottle after hours?

Either a sour beer or an imperial stout.

Knowing what you do now, what advice would you give to your younger self?

Be kind to yourself. You got this.

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​https://twitter.com/raemoreywrites​

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Your Website​
​https://wordsbybirds.com/​

Wonder Women Doing Wonderful Things

• WPIncludes.me has an open call for both mentors and mentees for ongoing cohorts
• WPIncludes.me has an open survey on Gender Equality in WordPress Businesses​
• ​Stereotypes and Gender Inequality by Marieke van de Rakt
• ​The WP Includes Gender Equality in WordPress Businesses Survey from Do the Woo where Rae Morey chats with Siobhan McKeown and Francesca Marano
• ​Theresia Intag On Entrepreneurship And A New Way To Do HR​
• WordCamp Canada announced its Keynote Speaker, Meggan Van Harten, Co-CEO of Design de Plume, an Indigenous & women-owned creative agency. Her presentation is "Accessibility in Action: Indigenous Communities."
• ​All Things WordCamp Canada with Shanta Nathwani​
• In a new Do the Woo podcast series, Allison Dye and Sophia DeRosia take a journey to explore the next generation of WordPressers
• ​Katie Keith is taking over Barn2Plugins fully from her husband as the sole director​
• ​She-conomy soars as female entrepreneurs break barriers in 2023​
• Christina Hills is hosting 2 Masterclasses​
• ​Ruth Kalinka awarded the Yoast Cares Fund​
• ​Destiny Fox Kanno on WP Constellations​
• Congrats to the women who have won Bluehost Awards!

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