We want to celebrate our lady friends today, but not just those that make PBS Digital Studios shows. We want to celebrate all women that make videos in the EDU community.
So today is dedicated to sharing you videos of all types, from all types of women with all types of disciplines. We hope to show you new educators to watch each week!
Are you ready?
Dr Katharine Hayhoe hosts Global Weirding, a show that tackles common misconceptions about climate change.
Maaike is the creator behind Factillus, a science and pop culture cross over channel with gorgeous illustrations.
Karin runs Little Art Talks, where she discusses different meanings behind terms in art history and highlights a diverse group of artists with a shared theme.
Physics Girl discusses all levels of physics and utilizes hands-on experiments to try at home!
@brilliantbotany is a great YouTube Channel (and Tumblr) about all things plants!
msbeautyphile discusses the science of BEAUTY PRODUCTS. How cool is that?!?!
The Amoeba Sisters aim to demystify science with wonderful explanations and charming animations.
The Biologist Apprentice makes very interesting and well curated biology videos that are available in both English and Spanish!
PBS Infinite Series has been blowing our minds every week with videos surrounding the complexities of math.
“Why is Poop Brown and Pee Yellow?” is an amazing question answered by Emily from Minute Earth
@braincraft tackles psychology, neuroscience, and why we act the way we do.
I’ve never seen a show about geology quite like Kate Tectonics. Cinematic and peculiar!
Anonymous asked: Dear Hank, I am a 20-something straight white male, and I am finding it increasingly hard to not hate what I am because of other people who are that. I find myself wrestling with self-destructive and violent impulses towards other people like me. The simple fact of the matter is we deserve to be bled like swine for the damage we've done to the world and all the other people in it. How do you accept the monstrous history of our race without becoming some sort of serial killer?
Oy…
This is awful. This is an awful, awful thing to feel. I have never felt guilty about the power I’ve been given. You are not responsible for what people who are not you did just because you benefitted from their actions. You are only responsible for your actions and what you do with that power.
Like, I have a responsibility to do good with the power I’ve been given, but I’ve never hated myself because I happened to be born with the skin color, gender, biological sex, or bank account I was born with. I feel those things as a weight because I want to use the power I have well. But do not hate yourself because of something you didn’t do.
Anonymous asked: You seem to imply that SJW's are asking politely for people to stop being offensive when this is simply not the case. The Berkeley riots show that some are attempting to prevent certain types of speech by the use of violence. This is the root of the backlash and whats worse is that a lot of the people in the movement, like myself, used to be quite left until I was threatened with violence by members of the far left for arguing that using violence to silence political opposition was immoral.
Opposition to ideas falls on a spectrum. There are a bunch of people who are like “ALL CIS HET MEN ARE SCUM” and, like, whatever. Sure, if they don’t realize that that perspective is its own kind of bigotry, let’s hope they will someday.
But the majority of the social justice movement just wants recognition that American culture is far from fair, and a continued attempt from humans and government to make it more fair. I have criticized the social justice movement before because I think it focuses too much on riling up the base with attacks and misleading statistics rather than creating messages that can convince others that these problems exist. But all sides are doing that right now, and I think it’s fair to say that the social justice movement does it a fair bit less than its opposition (who basically invented coordinated online bullying and internet “fear and smear” campaigns.)
If anyone is a pioneer of that, it’s Milo, who has an amazing detachment from reality that makes him look and sound remarkably reasonable in one moment, before he turns on a dime into patient zero for hate campaigns. Of course, that doesn’t justify destroying property that had nothing to do with Milo or his event. But the ‘Berkeley Riots’, as you call them pretty clearly resulted from organized shit-bags who’s ideology is more about destruction than progress jumping in on the protest and turning parts of it into a riot.
I’m sorry and very sad to hear that you’ve been threatened by members of this movement, that’s awful and inexcusable and also just bad activism. Things like that almost always come from a place of fear, and as both sides of this debate have had their fear appealed to so regularly, it is all too common for discourse to break down.
I will say, additionally, that I am threatened with violence from anti-SJWs and Trump supporters on Twitter pretty much daily.
neverthelessthesun asked: Wizard School is our new favorite family game. We have already made a new house rule which requires the player, when they are passed the "Wand", to lick it's imaginary surface before beginning the turn. My fave is "Taking Your Shot" bless you for making this
:-D! Thank you, this is so wonderful to hear! Also, while I’m responding to this comment, might as well let you know that Wizard School is now available to all at DFTBA.com. </shamelessplug>
Last week, I told people on Twitter that I would donate $5 to the ACLU for every hand-made message of support for immigrants and refugees sent to me. I was astounded by the quality and quantity of responses. So I decided to reach out to some of the artists of some of my favorites and ask if we could sell them for one weekend only (this weekend.)
Since, along with the flow of refugees to the US, funding to refugee re-settlement organizations also stopped, we will be donating 100% of the proceeds from the sale of these posters to organizations helping refugees build their new life in America.
Posters are $12 or less and you can get all 17 posters for $150. So far, we have raised more than $30,000! Thank you everyone.
I’m humbled by the talent and passion out there pushing to open the American dream to the world’s least fortunate and to make them feel welcome when they arrive.
Anonymous asked: Hi, Hank! So, I just watched your philosophy video on non-human animals, and it was very thought provoking. You talked about how humans can be healthy on a vegetarian or vegan diet, but I have a question that I don't think you addressed in your video. Can the human population really be sustained on a diet that lacks meat? Do we have enough farmland and other requirements needed in the world to grow enough food to support all 7 billion of us and meet our dietary needs?
Oh, yes. It takes substantially more farmland to grow a meat-eater’s diet than a vegetarian diet. Often, we forget that the animals we eat have to eat too, and growing food for cows and chickens takes up a HUGE amount of farm land. Like, in the US, most of the corn we grow is fed to animals, not to humans.
