women

Women in beautiful space – read all about it

A snippet of a scene from Dicebox.

Dicebox is a gorgeous scifi graphic novel about interesting, independent women.

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A lender’s dilemma – did Kiva trick me and does it matter?

Kiva connects people through lending to alleviate poverty.

I’ve made a difference through Kiva, but it seems it wasn’t quite the difference I wanted to make, or thought I was making. Does it matter? Well, yes and no.

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Moon’s women lead in space

Elizabeth Moon book cover.

Elizabeth Moon offers a darned good read with her sci-fi novels. Her books feature strong, intelligent women.

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Noooo! Sci-fi keeps women out of computing…

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One study suggests that sci-fi posters can reduce women’s interest in studying computer science. Surely that can’t be true!

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Star Trek – now we need a remake (spoilers)

The new Star Trek movie is a rip-roaring excellent adventure. Let’s have more, and with gutsy women.

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Luxurious water

Yesterday I went through the routine of installing a new filter into our water jug, as I do every 6 or 8 weeks. It’s easy: pull out the old filter and trash it, open up the new one, rinse it a couple of times and then we’re ready to go. We fill our water jug [...]

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