The LadyBits Download V.1.6
The LadyBits Download V.1.6
We’re sure growing to like this weekly routine, dearies. Pretty soon, it’ll be time to start cooking dinner together and meeting each other’s parents. But first, let’s have a bit more fun with the latest Medium articles and new links around the web. And because every relationship needs a little variety, there’s fun offline activities you can do at the end. See you again soon!
The Week in LadyBits Content:
Did you know that brewing beer was once women’s work? Men stole it away during the industrial revolution — and for a while men actually thought that having if women got near the fermentation chambers their hormones would change the taste of the beer. Now, Women are Taking Back Beer, and our very own Erin Biba caught up with them. Bonus: these awesome women want us to drink more beer. Who are we to argue?
Toy companies have long been called out for their decades old practice of marketing science-based toys to boys and girls separately — with the girls’ ones featuring pinkwashed, malfunctioning microscopes and fewer awesome characters like astronauts. But now, a new wave of online activism is demanding a Change in Toyland, and getting it.
On to grown-up toys (or gadgets, as we call them these days), developers have started a new Kickstarter campaign to put your dreams in their your own hands. Learn How A Pair Of Goggles Can Make You Lucid Dream on Refinery 29.
Links From Around the Webz:
Mansplaining: The dudes at Dropbox a are turning their office into a literal Bromance Chamber.
Hallelujah: When Anil Dash decided to only retweet women in 2013, he preemptively wrote answers to the dumb questions he expected to get.
Brunch talk: For the first time ever, more women are more educated than their husbands.
Buy me now: There’s a genius new Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Plan your evening accordingly.
Stuff to Get You Out of the House:
Thursday, February 27 and Friday, February 28
Lesbians Who Tech, San Francisco, Free with registration
Join the group’s inaugural summit in the historic Castro Theatre, sponsored by Google! Speakers include trailblazers like Megan Smith, Google[x] Vice President, Kara Swisher, Re/Code Co-Executive Editor, Sara Sperling, Facebook Diversity & Inclusion, and Moya Watson, SAP Innovation Project Manager.
Tuesday, March 4
Kickstarter School: A Workshop for Scientists, Engineers, and Educators, NYC, Prices vary
Join Kickstarter Art Program Director Stephanie Pereira for a primer on how to bring a crowdfunded project to life. You’ll take a look at past successful projects from across the site and discuss helpful tips like what kinds of rewards work best and how to spread the word about your project. Reception to follow.
Saturday, March 8
Women, Art and Entrepreneurship, Washington D.C., Free
In celebration of International Women’s Day, hear five successful women entrepreneurs and advocates from the cultural community (Juanita Britten, owner of Anacostia Arts Gallery and Boutique; Louise Kennelly, executive director, D.C. Arts and Humanities Collaborative; Kate Taylor Davis, director, Anacostia Arts Center; and others. Moderated by Camille Akeju, director, Anacostia Community Museum) share their perspectives on definitions of success. This special panel includes.
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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