Reality Checks: Stone Age Tools, Juno, and Complex Female Characters

Elizabeth — July 14, 2016

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Monkeys and stone age tools (via The Washington Post)
In human stone tools, Polynesian trade moved them around a lot. (via Ars Technica)
First images from Juno (via NYT)
Writers should make female characters complex rather than strong. (via Mary Sue)

Featured image credit: NASA-JPL

Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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Reality Checks: A Thousand Word Picture, Learning "Soft Skills," Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean, and Don't Believe Everything You Hear About Pokemon Go

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