by Leesa Renée | Oct 10, 2016 | Innovative Ideas, Science Fiction
Found this by way of a group I belong to on Facebook. Someone (who?) created Black versions of fictional characters from films, books, and children’s stories. Take a peek at each photo in the series…
by Leesa Renée | Oct 7, 2016 | I Live Free Now, Unleash the Flow of Money
I graduated with a degree in History (how I ended up in tech is a loooooong story) and I studied the effects of the trans-atlantic slave trade on Caribbean and Latin American communities. Since getting my degree, I’ve come back to studying how the trauma of...
by Leesa Renée | Oct 6, 2016 | Black Women Innovate, Innovative Ideas, Science Fiction
So, who is actually the first Black woman to write for Marvel? That’s the question being posed after Roxane Gay was celebrated as the first. But then questions started to pop up… In an article written on The Blerdgurl, it reported that Nilah Magruder is...
by Leesa Renée | Oct 5, 2016 | Innovative Ideas
I couldn’t believe this after watching it. People had such strong reactions towards the introduction of snowboards. It was 1985 and CBC did a report… I won’t spoil it for you, but one comment stood out. A ski hill operator likened snowboards to...
by Leesa Renée | Oct 4, 2016 | Black Women Innovate, Innovative Ideas
Nothing is more awesome than seeing a collection of Black women slaying in a STEM profession (STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, math). It’s certainly not easy trying to excel in an industry dominated by men… But these Black female...
