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The X Files’ Dana Scully inspired a generation of women in STEM

The X Files’ Dana Scully inspired a generation of women in STEM

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet


The X Files’ Dana Scully inspired a generation of women in STEM

FromThere Are No Girls on the Internet

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
May 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

WE’RE DOING A LIVE SHOW IN NYC AND ONLINE ON 5/28. GET TICKETS: Tangoti.com/live 
 
Trust no one...except for TANGOTI host Bridget when she says that the pragmatic, efficient  and skeptical FBI agent Dana Scully deeply inspired her. (Photographic evidence: https://www.tangoti.com/xfiles ) And it turns out Bridget isn’t alone.
 
The Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media’s study on the Scully Effect found that Scully inspired a generation of women and girls to go into STEM.
 
Read the full report on the Scully Effect: https://seejane.org/research-informs-empowers/the-scully-effect-i-want-to-believe-in-stem/#:~:text=Moderate%2Fheavy%20viewers%20place%20a,in%20behaviors%20relating%20to%20STEM.
 
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Released:
May 11, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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Marginalized voices have always been at the forefront of the internet, yet our stories often go overlooked. Bridget Todd chronicles our experiences online, and the ways marginalized voices have shaped the internet from the very beginning. We need monuments to all of the identities that make being online what it is. So let’s build them.