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Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children’s book author, best known for her book Persepolis.

Posted byTamara AndersonApril 30, 2022September 2, 2022Posted inArtists, Film Makers, WritersTags:Chicken With Plums, Persepolis, Radioactive, Read Banned BooksLeave a comment on Marjane Satrapi

Susan Cain

Susan Cain is an American writer and lecturer, best known for her books Quiet Power: The Secret Strength of Introverts and Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

Posted byTamara AndersonMarch 29, 2023March 29, 2023Posted inWritersTags:Bittersweet, Quiet, Quiet Revolution, The Hidden Power of Sad Songs and Rainy Days, The Power of IntrovertsLeave a comment on Susan Cain

Brené Brown

Brené Brown is an American professor, author, and podcast host best known for her work on shame, vulnerability, and leadership.

Posted byTamara AndersonMay 17, 2023May 7, 2023Posted inWritersTags:Atlas of the Heart, Braving the Wilderness, Call to Courage, Dare to Lead, Daring Greatly, Power of Vulernability, Rising Strong, Unlocking UsLeave a comment on Brené Brown

Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel is an American cartoonist best known for the long-running comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and for popularizing the Bechdel Test, a measure of representation of women in films / fiction.

Posted byTamara AndersonMarch 12, 2022March 17, 2023Posted inWritersTags:Bechdel Test, Dykes to Watch Out For, Fun HomeLeave a comment on Alison Bechdel

Suzanne Simard

Suzanne Simard is a Canadian scientist who is best known for her work on best known for the research she conducted on the underground networks of forests characterized by fungi and roots.

Posted byTamara AndersonFebruary 15, 2023February 15, 2023Posted inScientists, WritersTags:Fantastic Fungi, Finding the Mother Tree, Intelligent TreesLeave a comment on Suzanne Simard

Winona LaDuke

Winona LaDuke advocates for Indigenous rights, human rights, green and rural economies, grass-roots organizing, local foods, alternative sources of energy and of clean water.

Posted byTamara AndersonJanuary 22, 2022March 17, 2023Posted inActivists, Environmentalists, Women in Politics, WritersTags:Hemp Grower, Vice President nominee, Water ProtectorLeave a comment on Winona LaDuke

Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler was an American science fiction author and a multiple recipient of the Hugo and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship.

Posted byTamara AndersonApril 12, 2023July 15, 2023Posted inWritersTags:Hugo Award, Kindred, Lilith's Brood, Nebula Award, Parable of the Sower, Parable of the TalentsLeave a comment on Octavia Butler

Patti Smith

Patti Smith is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter and author who became an influential component of the New York City punk rock movement.

Posted byTamara AndersonSeptember 17, 2022March 17, 2023Posted inMusicians, WritersTags:Because the Night, Horses, Just Kids, People Have the Power, Punk Poet Laureate, Queen of Rock and RollLeave a comment on Patti Smith

Wangari Maathai

Wangari Maathai was the founder of the Green Belt Movement and the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

Posted byTamara AndersonDecember 12, 2021March 17, 2023Posted inActivists, Environmentalists, WritersTags:Green Belt Movement, Nobel Prize, Plant TreesLeave a comment on Wangari Maathai

Diane DiPrima

Diane di Prima was an American poet, known for her association with the Beat movement. She was also an artist, prose writer, and teacher.

Posted byTamara AndersonJune 4, 2022June 5, 2022Posted inWritersTags:Beat, poetryLeave a comment on Diane DiPrima

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