Happy Friday! This week has had some real lows (#RacistTrump, Suzanne Eaton news, #TMTShutdown), but we must remember that joy is a revolutionary act and the fuel for our activism. Lets get into the joy and don’t forget to send us your great summer reads.
WHAT WE’VE DONE
Got a High Five from Oprah
Pointed out that the gender gap and discrimination in STEM is oversimplified and not representative of the range of gender and other identities
Posted application details for the #Fellowship4theFuture
WHAT WE LIKE
Follow Friday: Sci-Commers @HanaAyoob, @NikiRust, @priyology and social scientists @robingnelson, @xshinbrot, @meredithgore
Love - to spark a movement & lead a revolution to combat climate change
Resources to engage with anti-oppressive, equity, and social justice work
Jess Wade is the UK Wikimedian of the year
READING CORNER
Small Island by Andrea Levy (fiction)
Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi (memoir)
The Fossil Hunter by Shelley Emling (non-fiction)
IN OUR EARBUDS
The Stakes, with Kai Wright: “The invention of sexual harassment”
The Cut: “How to stay sane while saving the country”
Mothers of Invention: “Fish out of hot water”
Jane Zelikova on eTown podcast with Justin Towne Earle and Emily Gimble, discussing 500WS origins and mission.