Happy Friday everyone. Its been a busy week for us, so lets get right to it.
WHAT WE’VE DONE
Who are we protecting science for? #TMTShutdown
Request a Women Scientist now has its own Twitter account - follow @RequestWSTEMM for updates and other cool stuff
We are joining the global youth-led climate strikes this September.
Sign up our pod to join the campaign
Select local action(s) you will take
Strike or protest
Climate teach-ins
Climate storytelling events #MyClimateStory
Local political action
Write op-eds or LTEs for local media outlets
WHAT WE LIKE
Follow Friday: Indigenous scholars and astronomers taking a stand against #TMT @sara_kahanamoku, @astrocanuck, @ximenaccid1, @astrochicana, @KeoluFox
10 out of 27 NIH Institute Directors are now women!
Challenging stereotypes about Black women in physics
Speaking out against suppression of climate science
READING CORNER
The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K. Jeimisin (fantasy)
The Overstory by Richard Powers (fiction)
Difficult Women by Roxanne Gay (fiction, short stories)
IN OUR EARBUDS
“Matt and Doree’s Eggcelent Adventure” for a up close and personal look at IVF #SciMomJourney
“Everything is Alive” intimate interviews with inanimate objects
“Good night stories for rebel girls” a short story podcast for kids (about badass women!)
Don’t hesitate to send us your podcast suggestions and summer reads.