Labor Attorneys Agree: The Adria Richards Firing Will Be Hard to Defend

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54. She apparently has a history of not getting along with her co-workers.

It's possible they were looking for a reason to fire her.

Just because someone has a point, or is right about an issue, doesn't make them a good representative of the cause, in fact, some people do more harm to a cause than good.

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Adria Richards, PyCon, and How We All Lost

Undermining other women who have worked hard to advance the cause of women in the work place is not going to help anyone. If the picture painted of her by those who have had the misfortune to work with her is correct, then this is not the kind of person women need representing them.

As for the legality of her firing, I guess it depends on the reasons. We, women in general, have all met women who use what is a legitimate issue for their own selfish reasons. Sort of like jumping on a bandwagon and destroying all the work done by more sincere, intelligent and yes, successful women. I often wonder if it is not their goal to do this.

Reading about this woman from those who worked with her and know her, I personally think the women's movement is far better off without them.