Results for: be the change
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Interview With Two Queer Engineers: Katie and Kelly Votolato
“We got asked if we were sisters-in-law. Like we had brothers or something –”
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Nerd Utopias, Drone Sheep Videos, and a Penguin Expert
Did you know that you can avoid tangled headphones by winding the cord into figure eights? It’s true!
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Messed Up Middle-earth Mountains, Building Demolition And More
“Middle-earth’s got 99 problems, and mountains are basically 98 of them.”
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Lady Scientists, Yelling Whales, and More
Did you know that the pioneer of graphic adventure games was a woman?
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Remembering Badass Astronomer Vera Rubin, And Other Stories
Did you know that the word “scientist” was specifically coined to be gender neutral?
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Take A Beat To Bask In The Glory of Women Scientists And STEM News
Tiny clay succulents, actual living scientists, space craft grazing Jupiter’s rings, and more.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Ladybird Invasions and Cosmic Perspectives on Gender
Read about the epidemiology and pathology of zombie infections and more.
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The True Story Behind “Hidden Figures”
Let’s take a look together and see which parts of the film were fact, and which parts were beautiful, exquisite, powerful fiction.
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Notes from a Queer Engineer: What “Ghostbusters” Gets Right About Women in STEM
With the release of Ghostbusters, I feel like Hollywood is finally reaching the point of fluency when it comes to representations of women in STEM.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer Likes Pokémon IRL (AKA “Science”)
Fighting beetle moms, Dr. Orchid, sarcastic robots and green things eating the air!
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: STEM Link Roundup
Bacteria paintings, bravery vs. perfection, and drag depictions of famous scientists singing that song from Wicked that they did on Glee.
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Nourish Your Brains With This STEM News Roundup
NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan on her career. How 3D holograms work. What happens when you get your period in space. And more!
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How One Woman Inventor Revolutionized Ice Cream
I’ll be thinking of Nancy M. Johnson’s invention today as I eat ice cream with my lunch. And afternoon snack. And dinner.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Women In STEM On Women In STEM
It’s going to take a lot of creative solutions to get us where we need to be.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: On Comets and Caroline Herschel
A Cinderella story, with less bibbidi bobbidi and a lot more astronomy.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: GoldieBlox and the Feminist
“I think the root of the problem is that our society immediately writes off anything perceived as feminine or relating to women. While funneling more women into STEM fields may produce marginal gains, it actually leaves the underlying issue — male privilege — largely untouched.”