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Indie news site that believes everyone belongs in science. We talk DEI & show ♥️ to historically excluded ppl. in #STEM 🏳️‍🌈👩🏽‍🚀👨🏾‍🏭👩🏿‍💻👩‍🔬👨🏽‍🏫♿

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Updated our header image and (very quickly) made these for all of our friends in the #STEM community. Feel free to use as you wish. 💜
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Read Nicole’s story - both as a young girl & as a Black woman in STEM - and learn how you can help end hair discrimination. (#500womensci #crownact #Blackwomen #BlackwomeninSTEMM #BlackInSTEM).
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In the following article, Nicole Williams, Director of Outreach @500womensci & Co-Founder of The Black Women’s Collective speaks out about hair discrimination & being a Black woman in STEMM. (#500womensci #crownact #Blackwomen #BlackwomeninSTEMM).
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The study also found that 80% of African American women felt the need to straighten their hair in order to assimilate at work. This hair discrimination also applies to STEM fields, which continue to have lower numbers of women of color. More:
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Black women are often told straight hair is beautiful, & textured, natural, or curly hair is unprofessional. A 2019 study found that Black women suffer the most from hair discrimination in the US, & were 1.5x more likely to be sent home from work. MORE:
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RT @DrAyanaJordan: This is what an addiction psychiatrist, PI and physician scientist looks like:
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RT @ravenscimaven: Woke up to some amazing news: I’m on the @Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2022! Wow!! I’m so grateful for this recognition o….
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Inventing the future from the atom up.
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Read Nicole’s story - both as a young girl and as a Black woman in STEMM - and learn how you can help end hair discrimination. Nicole's piece includes links to additional resources illustrating the connection between hair and identity in BIPOC culture.
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Tomorrow, Nicole Williams, Director of Outreach @500womensci & Co-Founder of The Black Women’s Collective, speaks out about hair discrimination and being an African American woman in STEMM at #500womensci #crownact #Blackwomen #BlackwomeninSTEMM.
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"The best feeling in the world is not caring about what anyone thinks. I wake up and uncoil my twists, spritz some water on them, & tie a colorful wrap on my head to match my outfit. But I didn’t always feel this way."
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RT @MichelleObama: So thrilled that Ada Twist, Scientist made her debut in the Thanksgiving Day Parade! This brainy little girl is teaching….
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RT @javi_alej_garc: I *officially* have my PhD! It’s pretty surreal holding it on the cattle ranch I worked on especially when #ValleyFever….
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RT @AfricanArchives: Happy 71st birthday to Dr. Alexa Canady. She became the first black woman to become a neurosurgeon in 1981. She also c….
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RT @BrielleRyan: Not me on Beyonce's internet on a whole list with @Beyonce. 🥺😭. But truly, what an incredible honor to share space with so….
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RT @JoyJamesAuthor: Thank you WeRepSTEM @WeRepSTEM for a great article about my newly released Brilliant Black Inventors in celebration of….
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RT @DisInHigherEd: I am going to have multiple threads today. One of them is what I do in a day as a mentally ill PhD student, others are p….
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RT @y_ohene: In the run up to #BlackinPhysics I'm trying to find any Black women in the UK, who either have a degree in physics and are CEO….
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Read more about Joy and her books here:.
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"When my children were younger, I wanted a book about Black role models to inspire them. I knew this information was out there, but I couldn’t find anything in an organized format or the form of a children’s book," Joy says. "I focused on inventors as I admire resourcefulness."
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The kids' book is beautifully illustrated and celebrates the achievements of 16 Black innovators, including American engineer Henry Sampson, and Alice Parker, famous for her patented system of central heating using natural gas.
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