There is another quote by her - albeit lesser known - that I deeply cherish: “If you don’t like the way the world is, you change it. Marian Wright Edelman is an advocate for children’s rights, the founder of the Children’s Defense Fund. We often hear the Marian Wright Edelman quote “you can’t be what you can’t see” and yet, the stories we are exposed to every day offer us an incredibly narrow view of what it means to be a woman in the 21st century.
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At the same time, it absolutely disheartens me to think that most girls, boys, and adults are familiarized with a reality TV family, but may actually struggle to identify the names of prominent women in business, science and the arts. I give credit to the Kardashian and Jenner family members for their business savvy and for becoming masters of the attention economy. The incessant clamor of celebrity culture - and now social media influencer culture, too - is drowning out the stories of remarkable individuals who are making a difference in our world. If you struggled with the first part of the exercise, but easily listed three members of the reality TV family, well, you have proven my point. Name: - 3 female CEOs - 3 women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) - 3 female artistsĪnd now, name 3 female members of the Kardashian-Jenner family clan. Last week I started a new initiative that addresses head-on one of my biggest frustrations: my discomfort with celebrity culture and the superficial side of social media.
My creative process typically goes as follows: - I find an issue that frustrates me - I turn it into an art project, with a positive twist
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