Happy Tuesday, and welcome to fall! Here is the latest from some of our fantastic speakers in the news: Carolina de Robertis gets a rave review from the Los Angeles Review of Books of her third and most recent novel of historical fiction, The Gods of Tango, calling it bold and mesmerizing. The …
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Hope everyone is having a great week! Here’s the latest news from some of our speakers who are making headlines: Bruce Campbell stars in the new television incarnation of the cult classic Evil Dead series: Ash Vs Evil Dead. Read what he has to say before it premiers on STARZ on Halloween! Astrophysicist …
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Happy Tuesday! Hope you’ve all had a great summer. Here’s the latest from some of our fantastic speakers that are making waves: Start your week right by listening to the previously unreleased “Ocean Song” from Bikini Kill and let frontwoman Kathleen Hanna rock your socks off! In other music news, beloved children’s singer Raffi gets …
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Happy Tuesday! Check out the latest from some of our amazing speakers: Read Jessica Valenti’s piece from The Guardian on the significance of growing up feminist in the modern technological world, as she enlightens us on how young people can inspire change through being informed. Watch Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson describe what he …
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Hope everyone is having a great week! Here is what a few of our speakers have been up to: In exciting news for music fans, Kathleen Hanna’s original punk band Bikini Kill will reissue their rare first demo: Revolution Girl Style Now, which comes out September 22 on Bikini Kill Records. Emmy Award Nominee Neil …
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Happy Tuesday! Here are the latest updates from some of our amazing speakers: Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson participated in a Q&A panel on Monday night with doctors, mathematicians and other scientists. The panelists took questions on topics including climate change, extraterrestrial life and artificial intelligence. Be sure to check out the animated short ‘Myrna …
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Here are the latest updates from our speakers who have been making headlines: Lilly Ledbetter’s fight for equal pay for equal work is set to get the big screen treatment! Feminist Filmmaker Rachel Feldman’s award-winning script, Ledbetter, explores the titular star’s historic face-off with tire giant Goodyear; with it, the veteran director is rebooting the woman-driven, socially conscious drama genre. Go Lilly! …
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Here are the latest updates from our speakers who have been making headlines: We want to extend a HUGE congratulations to Dr. Ainissa Ramirez on winning the 2015 Andrew Gemant Award, an annual prize recognizing significant contributions to the cultural, artistic or humanistic dimension of physics. Disney has released the first trailer of …
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Hope everyone is having a fantastic week! Here is what a few of our speakers have been up to: Discussing the NY Prison break over at CNN, Ted Conover describes how one decent snitch could hold the key. Slowly, West Africa is prying itself free from the grip of the Ebola virus. Krys Boyd …
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Here are the latest updates from our speakers who have been making headlines: Here’s what The Guardian had to say about the feminist punk legend Kathleen Hanna’s long-awaited return to the UK stage! According to new research by mathematician Dr. Steven Strogatz, the classic dispute settling game Rock-paper-scissors may explain evolutionary ‘games’ in nature. …
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Hope everyone is having a fantastic week! Read on to find out what our speakers have been up to! University of Massachusetts Class of 2015 graduates got a final lesson before receiving diplomas Friday evening – words of wisdom from master astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. Head over to ScienceMag.org and check out Dr. Ainissa Ramirez’ …
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Here are the latest updates from our awesome speakers and activists: Check out this review of Kathleen Hanna‘s lecture at the Neptune Theatre! Jeff Lieberman will be speaking at the Central Square Theatre in Boston! He will engage in a lively conversation, discussing among many things the role that art may have in bridging …
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Check out the latest updates from our awesome speakers and activists: Head over to The New York Times for their review of Amir Aczel’s latest book: “Finding Zero”. “Finding Zero” is Dr. Aczel’s story of his quest for the origins of the most elusive of numbers: zero. It is zero, Dr. Aczel points out, …
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We want to start our weekly round-up by extending our congratulations to everyone who competed in the Boston Marathon yesterday. Boston Strong! Now…on to the latest updates from some of our awesome speakers, activists and change makers: Head over to the American Scientist and check out Dr. Ainissa Ramirez‘ newly published essay entitled, “A …
Today (April 14, 2015) is Equal Pay Day. This date symbolizes how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. We want to applaud fair pay champion and speaker Lilly Ledbetter for her tireless efforts to highlight this issue and ensure it remains a part of …
Check out what our speaker’s have been up to this week! Head over to the Guardian and check out Dr. Stephanie Coontz’ article about the UK’s new parental leave laws. Feminist author and Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti has secured her latest book deal: She told the Cut that her fifth book, Sex Object, …
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Check out the latest updates from our awesome speakers and activists: The Final Four is set to get underway in Indianapolis this weekend and Indiana’s new law protecting businesses that turn away gay and lesbian customers on religious grounds is going to be a major topic. Wade Davis, a former NFL player and executive …
Here are the latest updates from our speakers who have been making headlines: Head over to the HuffingtonPost and read Rinku Sen’s open letter to Starbucks and USA Today. National Geographic Channel’s new Late-Night Talk Show, StarTalk Hosted by Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, is set to premiere on Monday, April 20, at 11 PM ET. …
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