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An interesting piece in the Guardian...

Haus proud: The women of Bauhaus

When the Bauhaus art school opened in 1919, more women applied than men - so why have we never heard of them?

"Yes, the world's most famous modern art school accepted women. But few became well known. While the men of the Bauhaus – Gropius, Paul Klee, Wassily Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – a… Continue

Posted by Mia on November 8, 2009 at 12:58pm

RiotGrrls and feminist theory

She credits studying feminist theory at university with helping her develop her musical identity: "[It] helped me put a framework of ideas around the music," she says. "I thought about what it meant to be a female in the public gaze, performing on a stage. I thought about how our lyrics reflected our experiences as women, because up until punk and post-punk, most rock lyrics represented a male-mediated experience. And I thought about what it meant for me to be playing electric guitar

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Posted by Mia on March 10, 2009 at 12:30pm

From 43 Things to do: 'list 50 women little girls should admire instead of symbols of stupidity and weakness'

If you're still looking for a new year's resolution, this is a pretty good one: list 50 women little girls should admire instead of symbols of stupidity and weakness

And usefully, people list how they went about it.

Posted by Mia on January 6, 2009 at 10:47pm

'PinkStinks - The campaign for real role models' on Facebook

Check out their website and blog at http://www.pinkstinks.co.uk/ or join the Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34235022438&ref=nf#/group.php?gid=34235022438

"PinkStinks is a brand new campaign focusing on giving girls positive female role models who will inspire them to achieve great things.

We believe that the media’s obsession with stick-thin models, footballers’ wives, and overtly sexualised pop stars is denying girls thei… Continue

Posted by Mia on January 6, 2009 at 10:43pm

Ada Lovelace Day - blog about a woman in technology who has inspired you

Because role models matter!

http://findingada.com/2009/01/05/ada-lovelace-day/

"Well, that’s a relatively simple problem to begin to address. If women need female role models, let’s come together to highlight the women in technology that we look up to. Let’s create new role models and make sure that whenever the question “Who are the leading women in tech?” is asked, that we all have a list of candidates on the tips of our tongues."

"Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of blogging to dra… Continue

Posted by Mia on January 6, 2009 at 10:38pm — 3 Comments

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Why role models matter III

In an article in Psychology of Women Quarterly called "Someone like me can be successful": Do college students needs same-gender role models?, Penelope Lockwood from the U

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Created by Mia Jan 6, 2009 at 9:56pm. Last updated by Mia Jan. 6, 2009.

Why role models matter II

From the Times. I've only copied and pasted some bits, see the link for the full article.

Why feminism should be taught in schools
The only reason a modern teenager is likely burn her bra is to emulate underwear-dodging celebrities like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. Our daughters are in dire need of lessons in women's rights, says a feminist author… Continue

Created by Mia Aug 26, 2008 at 12:44am. Last updated by Mia Aug. 25, 2008.

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Collecting feminist histories, stories, artefacts, images, events, locations; displaying, tagging, commenting on and sharing found online resources. We're building a collection to inspire, record, commemorate, and build on; one that you can comment on, integrate, synthesise and learn with.

Basically, it's two things: an online resource that records feminist histories; and a community of people around it. Exactly how that's put together, what's on it, who writes it - that's up to you… Continue

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Why role models matter

"Young women show huge interest and aptitude in these fields, out-performing the boys in chemistry, maths, biology, physics and technology at A-level. But while 90% of 11-16-year-old girls think technology is cool, 73% would not choose it as a career because of its lack of female role models.

The knock-on effect is that only 16% of UK IT and electronics workers are women"

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Anti-Suffrage explorers?

This exhibition text poses an interesting paradox: "The women portrayed here all travelled independently around the world, at a time when such an activity was regarded with suspicion by the general public. They exhibited great resolve by travelling…

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Mia commented on Mia's blog post 'Ada Lovelace Day - blog about a woman in technology who has inspired you'

Ok, some sources of inspiration are listed here: http://openobjects.blogspot.com/2009/02/looking-for-inspiration-for-ada.html.

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