Results for: be the change
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Star Trek N00b, Episode 3: Charlie X (or “Babysitting A Psychic Teenage Brat In Space”)
“It seems that Charlie can control other people’s behavior to an extent. I am sure this ability will make him an irritating prat throughout the episode.”
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Star Trek N00b, Episode 4: Where No Man Has Gone Before
You know, if I’m ever trapped on a far-off planet with a crazed, god-like megalomaniac, I want Spock on my team!
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Into the Woods: Apps for Camping
How can I resist the plethora of outdoorsy camping apps out there? I can’t. I can’t resist.
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Drawn to Comics: “Dating a Trans Person Changed My Partner’s Life” Starts a Good Discussion About Trans Life and Love
“The joy these people are feeling for having found happy, loving and affirming relationships is radiating off of the page. These are clearly trans people who have found happiness with who they are and where they are in life, and the art goes a long, long way to show that.”
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Will Uber’s Very Public Sexual Harassment Debacle Actually Change Things For Women in Tech?
Are we finally moving past the storytelling phase and into doing real things to combat sexism in the technology industry, or is this Uber fiasco more of the same?
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Four More Tech Tools to Help You Get Involved, Call for Change, and Resist Trump
Four more apps for resisting Donald Trump. Calls, kittens and boycotts.
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Does Project Ara Signal a Sea Change?
Google’s open hardware platform for creating modular smartphones is back, but it’s different.
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Study Shows Deep Canvassing Can Efficiently Change Anti-Trans Attitudes
“Deep canvassing” methods can have a strong impact on transphobic attitudes, according to a new study.
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Make Big Life Changes Less of an Ordeal With a Lean Systems Perspective
I’d say about 90% of industrial/systems engineering work boils down to this super easy exercise: stop for a minute and think about what the main objective is. Now look at what you’re doing. Is that activity getting you closer to the goal?
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Before I Go, Here’s My Top Ten Favorite “Drawn to Comics” Comics of All Time
It’s time for me to say goodbye to Drawn to Comics. Here are some thoughts on what all of y’all have meant to me and my favorite comics along the way.
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Notes From a Queer Engineer: Dinosaur Footprints, the Mathematical Joy of Smarties and More
“That noise you hear is very excited science-y squealing.”
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5 Videos of Solid Advice for Women in STEM for Your Consideration
You probably need to watch this video about creating an anti-burnout cocoon.
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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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This Is The Last Queer Your Tech
It’s been a pleasure writing your technology column for the past half a decade. Keep it nerdy, queermos.
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3 Apps to Help You Make the World Better
Three more apps made for the Resistance as we continue to rail against the corrupt white nationalist regime that has taken hold in the U.S.
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Drawn to Comics: Shivana Sookdeo Shows the Cruelty of Plagiarism in “Write Write Kill”
Holy hell I was not ready for Shivana Sookdeo’s wild new 40-page comic Write Write Kill.
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Drawn to Comics: Talking to Grace Ellis About Queer Fantasy Coffee Shop AU Comic Moonstruck!
“It’s a really queer book. And don’t worry! We’re going to take good care of your spooky babies, even when the going gets rough in the story. They’re in good, safe hands.”
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Drawn to Comics: “My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness” Is an Incredible Examinations of Mental Illness, Sexuality and Shame
It’s about queer identity and finding happiness and purpose in life and living for yourself not for others and yes, loneliness. It’s a coming of age story, but for twenty-somethings dealing with struggles of identity, sexuality and mental health.
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Drawn to Comics: “We’re Still Here” is an All-Trans Comic Anthology That Needs Your Support
In We’re Still Here, there are fifty-five different stories, all with different trans creators or creative teams. There’s no set genre for these comics, so there’s everything from slice-of-life to visual essays to sci-fi to nonfiction.
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Drawn to Comics Interview: Support Terrific Queer Scifi Comics With the “O Human Star” Kickstarter!
“My favorite thing about making this comic is getting to continually explore these characters … I love how they’ve changed and developed over the course of the story, and … I’m glad my readers have gotten attached to them as well.”