It is no secret, I am crazy AF about reading. And right now I am smack in the middle of final papers and tests but I have cranked out a few lately that I want to tell you about.
VENTURE GIRLS | a book by the creator of VentureLab Cristal Glangchai, PhD
A great read. Easy, at times repetitive but in a necessary way. The explicit breakdown of the STEM gap is informative without being a total downer. The rest of the books is this epic heaping of nourishment, vegetables for a person that wants to honestly do work towards empowering girls towards worth careers! It’s an empowering read and I know that I will return to it over and over for inspiration! The specific activities seem endless and the ways that you could alter them to better fit your specific audience is indeed infinite. I applaud Cristal Glangchai, PhD for writing this book and I hope that parents, teachers, mentors, professionals alike read it. If you are interested in learning more about the program that Glangchai created prior to writing this book you can find more info here.
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ENOUGH AS SHE IS | a book by Rachel Simmons
I am almost done with it! It's amazing... for the time being here is someone else's review about it!
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WOMAN WALKING AHEAD | a book by Eileen PollackI just just finished reading this book, or listening to it on Audible rather, for the second time. All 16 hours of the book have graced my ears and brain, TWICE! That is 32 hours of glorious adventure, learning and history. It is that good! It is worthy of the SUPER NERD AWARD, a deep dive into the world of a woman named Catherine Weldon who made decisions that were more than abnormal for her era. A woman who took chances and put herself out on the line in order to help "her Indian friends." A woman that I have grown to admire over these two readings. The life of Catherine Weldon has also recently been made into a movie, a Holly film starring Jessica Chastain. A film that completely destroys any and all of the historical reality of Weldon's life, a tragic flaw that allows for readers to ignore her reality and replace it with a simplified, romanticized, VERY WRONG version of what happened. I am writing a twelve page paper about it and maybe I will be crazy to publish it here after I get my grade. |  |
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I really enjoyed watching the movie, it was beautiful. You can stream it on AMAZON PRIME. The history-nerd in me is sad, at how much of the context is lost, how many of the details are blatantly wrong and my heart breaks for the wrong impressions that people will leave the film with. BECAUSE I think the story is powerful and how the potential to help us talk about racial tensions and potential for cross racial alliances and collaborations to better the nation for EVERYONE. But alas, the shareholders that the production company is accountable to probably wanted a sweet story without too much brainy stuff.
HERE is a TIME article detailing some of the historical inaccuracies, it too hold a few facts that are indeed wrong, but it does a good job showing you how the story was minimized and gives a bit of context in case you are open to the content but will never read the book or watch the movie.
GO OUT AND SEEK BRAINY STUFF!
More often than sugary, sweet stuff!
LOVE YOU ALL.
here's to many a good hour spent reading :)
xoxox, kp
HERE is a TIME article detailing some of the historical inaccuracies, it too hold a few facts that are indeed wrong, but it does a good job showing you how the story was minimized and gives a bit of context in case you are open to the content but will never read the book or watch the movie.
GO OUT AND SEEK BRAINY STUFF!
More often than sugary, sweet stuff!
LOVE YOU ALL.
here's to many a good hour spent reading :)
xoxox, kp
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