About Sophie

Trials & tribulations of my increasingly full-time girl-mode.

sophie @ baskerville.net

Tag: LGBTQ

  • Supporting Future Leaders and Players in Cybersecurity

    There is a significant shortfall in the number of cybersecurity practitioners required across the world, and specifically of concern to me, in Europe[1]. It’s not merely numbers either – we need both greater numbers but also highly skilled and experienced practitioners. These do not grow on trees… they must be encouraged and nurtured, and I…

  • “Interesting Times”

    Interesting Times are indeed upon us, specifically upon The US, although the fallout is going to affect many elsewhere too. This is a difficult, and scary, time for many minorities, and the non-binary are under particular threat: right now, increasingly so as we enter 2025, and in ways difficult to predict but unlikely to be…

  • Bathroom Bingo / Restroom Roulette / Lavatory Lottery / Toilet Trepidation

    The question everyone either asks me, or wants to ask, is this: Which toilet do you use when out in girl-mode? It’s a valid simple-sounding question. And the short answer is: “It depends”