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The Pinterest Paradox: Cupcakes and Toxicity

Pinterest has always been about aspiration. It is a platform for sharing beautiful images, curating galleries of an idealized world. Users can reimagine their home, their garden, their meals, their clothes, their hair, even their cupcakes. In reality, Pinterest’s workplace is far from perfect.

Although 70 percent of Pinterest’s users are women, the company is steered by men with little input from female executives. Pinterest’s female executives, even at the highest levels, are marginalized, excluded, and silenced. I know because until my firing in April…

Tech, digital, and innovation, at the intersection with policy, government, and social good.

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Francoise Brougher

Francoise Brougher

Former Pinterest COO and Executive at Square and Google. French American, from Marseille to the Bay Area. Mom of Three

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