There’s very few toys I’m interested in buying, but this is definitely going on my wish list. Too bad I have to wait until last 2017/ early 2018...
Five storied female NASA pioneers will soon grace toy-store shelves, in Lego form.
The Danish company announced on Tuesday that it would produce the Women of NASA set, submitted by science writer Maia Weinstock.
“Women have played critical roles throughout the history of the U.S. space program,” Weinstock wrote in her project proposal. “Yet in many cases, their contributions are unknown or under-appreciated – especially as women have historically struggled to gain acceptance in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.”
She said the set is meant to shed light on the rich history of women in STEM professions.
Spring break is coming up, and I have so much reading to do for classes, but I really want to read several books on this list
Travel the World in 13 Books
This summer, leave the planes behind and travel around the world to fourteen different countries and different times, getting a taste of life around the globe through 13 excellent works of fiction.
After a week of being an official tumblier, I’ve discovered just how difficult it is. There’s two main challenges...
1) Curating the ideal tumblr. Like most things, it’s easier said than done. First, deciding on a theme is nearly impossible. (Things I like? Too vague, I’m stuck.) Then, finding and choosing the ideal content to post and reblog is arduous. Adding tags and doing anything beyond the basics is still beyond me. Finally, I have to add something insightful to the post, when I’m already tired. Which leads to the next problem...
2) Proofreading. It’s one thing to do it for a paper, but for tumblr? Apparently I still have to check what I write. If not, people will think I’m in[e]pt instead of an INTP.
Reblogging entirely for the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie quote...
A few literary suggestions for Black History Month
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Maybe you know Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from when Beyoncé sampled her TEDx talk, “We should all be feminists,” or maybe you’ve been following her emergence as one of the most prominent voices of African literature over the last two decades. Her latest novel, Americanah, was selected by The New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013.
Edna Lewis
Edna Lewis had a hell of a career. She worked her way up as a seamstress, eventually fashioning a dress for Marilyn Monroe. Then she became the first African-American celebrity chef. Then she broke her leg, so she wrote a cookbook. The Taste of Country Cooking was interspersed with personal stories of growing up in a freed-slave settled town in Virginia, and redefined what many thought of Southern food.
Roxane Gay
Roxane Gay (@roxanegay), famed author of Bad Feminist, is a Tumblr favorite, and not just because you can follow her. She writes about what it means to be a woman of color. She’s the first Black woman to write for Marvel, and she’s writing queer WOC into their storylines. She pulled her unreleased book from publishers Simon & Schuster after their deal with Milo Yiannopoulos was announced. It’s easy to admire her actions as much as her writing.
Follow these too:
Afro Editions (@afroeditions) posts and reblogs all things Black lit, including this bell hooks Valentine’s Day card and these suggestions for Black sci-fi.
The Center for African-American Poetry and Poetics (@caapoetryandpoetics) highlights exactly what you think it will.
Bonus: We highlighted it last year, but Black Children’s Books and Authors (@blackchildrensbooksandauthors) deserves a spotlight on it again.
Don’t miss our upcoming BHM Answer Times. This week and next week, we have:
2/21—Angelica Ross (@missrosscreative), transgender rights advocate.
2/22—Actress Amandla Stenberg (@amandla)
2/23—Comedian and actor Andrew Bachelor, better known as King Bach (@kingbach).
2/24—Washington Post (@washingtonpost) editorial board member and MSNBC contributor Jonathan Capehart.