The LadyBits Download V.1.5
The LadyBits Download V.1.5
Oh hello again, did you miss us? Fear not, dear reader, for we have returned with another installment of great Medium articles and some special treats around the internet. Stay with us to the end, where you’ll find extra fun activities to do IRL.
The Week in LadyBits Content:
In the ladies-be-workin’ department, NPR’s legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg shares What It Was Like To Be The Only Woman in the Newsroom with Adrienne LaFrance. Turns out, some things just haven’t changed for female political reporters.
In a piece we find particularly fascinating, Anil Dash describes The Year I Didn't Retweet Men. If the writer was shocked by how easy it was to use an online presence to only amplify female voices, you’ll be surprised how much more constructive you feel after reaching a RT balance.
What drives women to defy traditional readings of Islamic holy texts: feminism or desperation? Read Why She Pulls the Trigger for a look at what really drives a woman to terrorism.
And turn to Popular Science to learn about the Swedish research team who just last month made the third-ever attempt to transplant uteruses into healthy women. Though the ultimate goal is for transplant recipients to birth healthy babies, scientists are also competing to reach that lofty goal first. That’s causing some to question whether they’re cutting scientific corners. Basically, it’s Everything you need to know about uterus transplants.
Links From Around the Webz:
Hallelujah: Sheryl Sandberg is trying to fix stock photography, making female representation more diverse and accurate. It’ll also be less unintentionally hilarious.
Mansplaining: AOL’s Tim Armstrong blamed “distressed babies” for his company’s benefit cuts. Now, meet the mother of one of those children.
Ummm: Goldman Sachs sponsored a women’s coding event, and promptly blew it by giving out nail files and compact mirrors.
Stuff to Get You Out of the House:
Wednesday, Feb. 19
Tattoo: The History of Humanity through Pain and Permanence, Washington D.C., Free
What messages are encoded in ancient and contemporary forms of tattooing? Explore with tattoo anthropologist Lars Krutak the many dimensions of tattooing practices across the world, and learn how tattoos relate to beauty, power, spirituality, and identity.
Thursday, Feb. 20
Tesla got it from his mother, NYC, Free
There are still seats available to hear Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic speak at Harlem Biospace on everything regarding Tesla’s mother Djuka. Vunjak-Novakovic will elaborate on how the consummate innovator taught her inventor son. Plus: she’s a distant relative!
Off the Screen: Caroline Martel’s Wavemakers, San Francisco, Museum admission
Using her trademark creative approach to documentary, Caroline Martel explores the convoluted history of the ondes Martenot, a fragile and intricate instrument from the early days of electronic music that produces a wholly unique and deeply evocative sound that transfixes musicians and listeners alike. Go hear it!
The Philosophical Baby: What Children’s Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love and the Meaning of Life, Washington D.C., Free
Not only do humans have a longer childhood than any other animal but our children are more vulnerable and dependent than other species’ infants. Why? Scientific understanding of infants and young children has been revolutionized in the last 30 years and Dr. Alison Gopnik (University of California, Berkeley, Department of Psychology) wants to show that even the youngest babies have learning abilities more powerful than those of the smartest scientists or most advanced computers. Whoa.
Saturday, February 22
Earth Matters, Fashion Matters, Washington D.C., Free
Katie Rost, a member of The Vogue 100, hosts this evening of music and fashion inspired by the exhibition Earth Matters: Land as Metaphor and Material in the Arts of Africa. Double bonus: Grammy-nominated French-Cameroonian Les Nubians perform live. Go for the eco-friendly wearable, stay for the Afropean jazz, R&B, and hip-hop. Win and win.
This edition of the LadyBits Download was generated thanks to efforts by Delia Paunescu, Alexandra Dao, Alexandra Ossola, Rose Eveleth, and Arikia Millikan.
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