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June 2, 2017
Pic via. This week we’re celebrating Pride, prepping for our first public event, and cheering on the folks who claim the space they deserve. What we’re checking out… To kick off Pride month, activist Janet Mock wrote a love letter to the LGBTQ community and it makes us love her even more. To combat the […]
September 9, 2016
Pic via TED. This week, we’re watching/reading about what we can learn from our enemies, hard proof that Hollywood hasn’t changed, and a reinvention of The American Dream. What we’ve been checking out… Love this: A crew of 20 women scientists/superheroes teamed up to collect data on the lack of representation of female speakers in conferences […]
January 29, 2016
Edited by Mara Meyers Following the rise of the #OscarSoWhite hashtag, this week’s reFRESH focuses on a highly discussed – and critiqued – word this week: diversity. We’ve also got a hard look at sexual assault coverage in the media, and a take on Macklemore’s new song on privilege. What we’ve been checking out… Ava […]
November 20, 2015
Edited by Mara Meyers In this week’s edition, Twitter gets called out (again), freedom in our Constitution is not one size fits all, and a champion for diversity retires. What we’ve been checking out… This woman was only trying to get back into her house when 19 cops showed up. We’re sad to see a […]
October 23, 2015
This week’s reFRESH includes a fight against the gender pay gap in Hollywood, the pros and perils of public speaking, and some scary stats about the state of violence against black women in America. What we’ve been checking out… Teachers of color comprise just 17% of the total teaching workforce. Why that stat is not […]