Leaky Pipeline Bingo Fest

[ysabetwordsmith]

The Leaky Pipeline Bingo Fest runs May 1-31. All sizes and media, fandoms and original works are welcome.

The "leaky pipeline" is a metaphor for people leaving. Most often it is used in relation to women or black people in STEMZ, but it can refer to other disadvantaged groups or different projects. STEMZ stands for Science Technology Engineering Mathematics Zetetics, including both practical and academic branches -- fields where people often get pushed out. The pipeline leaks because people often have miserable experiences in these fields and prefer leaving to remaining miserable.  If your fandom or original setting has groups (e.g. mutants) or fields (e.g. warp technology) with similar problems that are not listed, feel free to add them!  There are ways to address the problems, and storytelling is one of them, so let's stick some corks in it.  \o/

This bingo fest offers prompts clustered into several categories: People, STEMZ Majors / Fields / Careers, Risk Factors, and Resilience Factors. Each has at least 24 prompts so you can make your own 5x5 cards (or other sizes) if you wish. There are public cards for each one, plus a combination card.  If you make multiple cards, you also have the option of combining a People prompt with a STEMZ prompt and a Risk or Resilience prompt to generate a scenario by matching, say, the B1 square on each card.


PEOPLE PUBLIC CARD

college enrollment staff	students	QUILTBAG people	bigots	social engineers
women / girls	foster children	single parents	teachers	researchers
Native Americans	activists	WILD CARD	human resources staff	bosses
neurovariant people	bullies	Hispanic people	inventors	mentors
historians	ethicists	poor people	black people	disabled people

People Prompts
women / girls,
black people,
Hispanic people,
Native Americans,
disabled people,
neurovariant people,
QUILTBAG people,
poor people,
single parents,
foster children,
social engineers,
college enrollment staff,
human resources staff,
bosses,
teachers,
bullies,
bigots,
mentors,
students,
researchers,
historians,
ethicists,
activists,
inventors,


STEMZ PUBLIC CARD

soil and plant science	database management	information technology	electrical engineering	hydrology
herpetology	zymurgy	cloning	inventing	Earth sciences
engineering	linguistics	WILD CARD	quality control analysis	fault tolerance analysis
power plant management	industrial engineering	geothermal energy	zetetics	natural sciences
super-science	submarine engineering	failure analysis	eletromagnetism	zoology

STEMZ Majors / Fields / Careers Prompts
accounting,
aerospace engineering,
anthropology,
archaeology,
artificial intelligence,
astronomy,
avionics repair,
biochemistry,
biology,
biomimicry engineering,
biophysics,
biostatistics,
biosynthesis,
cartography,
chemistry,
civil engineering,
climate change analysis,
climate-related health care,
climatology,
cloning,
computer programming,
computer hardware engineering,
computer science,
conservation science,
cost estimation,
crystallography,
database management,
Earth sciences,
economics,
electrical engineering,
eletromagnetism,
engineering,
entomology,
environmental studies,
environmental restoration,
ergonomics,
failure analysis,
fault tolerance analysis,
fiber optics,
food science,
forensics,
futurology,
genetics,
gengineering,
geology,
geothermal energy,
health analytics,
health and safety engineering,
herpetology,
hydroelectric power,
hydrology,
industrial engineering,
information security,
information technology,
inventing,
linguistics,
marine science,
materials science,
mathematics,
mechatronics engineering,
medicine,
metallurgy,
meteorology,
microsystems,
molecular biology,
nanotechnology,
natural sciences,
operations research analysis,
photonics,
physics,
power plant management,
product safety engineering,
psychology,
quality control analysis,
quantitative analysis,
quantum physics,
radar,
remote sensing science
robotics,
seismology,
sociology,
soil and plant science,
solar energy,
sonar,
space exploration,
statistics,
submarine engineering,
super-science,
survey research,
telecommunications,
toxicology,
transportation engineering,
vulcanology,
waste management,
water conservation,
wildlife conservation,
wind power,
xenobiology,
xenolinguistics,
zetetics,
zoology,
zymurgy,


RISK FACTORS PUBLIC CARD

classism	color pay gap	isolation	feeling out of place	imposter syndrome
few minority teachers	responsibility without authority	ignored by coworkers / bosses	student debt	men won't finance women's projects
not given credit	Old Boys Club	WILD CARD	unequal raises	glass cliff (promoted in crisis)
no parental leave	signaling costs (commitment disbelieved)	hiring bias	intersectional barriers	work-related illness / injury
being outnumbered	promotion bias	emotional labor	inaccessibility	tokenism

Risk Factors Prompts
accumulating barriers,
baby penalty,
being outnumbered,
burnout,
classism,
color pay gap,
emotional labor,
feeling out of place,
gender pay gap,
glass ceiling, 
glass cliff (promoted in crisis),
hiring bias,
hostile work environment,
ignored by coworkers / bosses,
imposter syndrome,
inaccessibility,
intersectional barriers,
isolation,
few minority teachers,
lack of control over career / life,
lack of support,
men won't finance women's projects,
no parental leave,
not given credit,
Old Boys Club,
pregnancy discrimination,
promotion bias,
publication bias,
racism,
responsibility without authority,
sexism,
sexual harassment, 
signaling costs (commitment disbelieved),
structural barriers,
student debt,
tokenism,
uncertainty / job insecurity,
unequal raises,
work-related illness / injury,


RESILIENCE FACTORS PROMPTS

help disabled people find schools / jobs	scholarships	employer-paid education	wellness programs	inclusivity
support network	equal pay / raises	official recognition of achievements	subsidies for accommodations	flexible scheduling
accessible facilities	teamwork skills	WILD CARD	blind hiring practices	structural assistance
stability / tenure	gender awareness	multicultural environment	intersectional activism	emotional first aid
meaningful choices	lower barriers	mentors	support working parents	cultural awareness

Resilience Factors
accessible facilities,
black owned / operated business,
blind hiring practices,
crowdfunding minority projects,
cultural awareness,
emotional first aid,
employer-paid education,
equal pay / raises,
flexible scheduling,
free childcare,
gender awareness,
healthy work-life balance,
help disabled people find schools / jobs,
hire minorities in pairs,
inclusivity,
intersectional activism,
lower barriers,
meaningful choices,
mentors,
multicultural environment,
official recognition of achievements,
proactive hiring,
scholarships,
stability / tenure,
structural assistance,
subsidies for accommodations,
support network,
support working parents,
teamwork skills,
wellness programs,
women owned / operated business,


COMBINATION PUBLIC CARD

archaeology	sexual harassment signaling costs (commitment disbelieved)	environmental restoration	crowdfunding minority projects	employer-paid education
racism	women owned / operated business	burnout	scholarships	no parental leave
researchers	hire minorities in pairs	WILD CARD	activists	wellness programs
publication bias	pregnancy discrimination	operations research analysis	accumulating barriers	help disabled people find schools / jobs
bigots	bullies	product safety engineering	few minority teachers	waste management

Comments

[fuzzyred]

I made two cards, posted on my page. I combined a People prompt card and a Resilience Factors prompt card, and then made a STEMZ card for extra inspiration. I'm hoping to get some fills done this month, so I only made a 4x4 card. We'll see how everything works out this month, I guess.

[siberian_skys]

I made a 3x3 card out of the people list. Hopefully, I can get last months fest finished, this months fest done and a random story that I didn't get done. I so have to get it together.

Go for it!

[ysabetwordsmith]

Those are good goals. You can do it!

Re: Go for it!

[siberian_skys]

I need to get my act together. That's been a challenge lately.