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jlundberg:
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Some of you lot should seriously consider going for this. While there's a part of me that instantly gets uppity at any suggestion that left-brain subjects have to be somehow girlified for girls to be interested in them, I'm all in favor of more interesting books, period, which this should net.
jlundberg:
The Feminist Press, in collaboration with the National Science Foundation, is exploring new ways to get girls and young women interested in science. While there are many library resources featuring biographies of women scientists that are suitable for school reports, these are rarely the books that girls seek out themselves to read for pleasure. What would a book, or series of books, about science that girls really want to read look like? That is the question we want to answer.
More details.
Some of you lot should seriously consider going for this. While there's a part of me that instantly gets uppity at any suggestion that left-brain subjects have to be somehow girlified for girls to be interested in them, I'm all in favor of more interesting books, period, which this should net.