a few of my favorite things

Thinkers:

• Ruha Benjamin - African American Studies professor researching technology and race/gender
• Timnit Gebru - computer scientist researching AI ethics, algorithmic bias
• Lia Thomas - environmental justice advocate surrounding the idea of intersectional environmentalism
• Elizabeth Hinton - History professor researching the persistence of poverty and racial inequalities
• Ursula K. Le Guin - philosopher and science fiction author commenting on the meaning of utopia
• Ava DuVernay - filmmaker, entreprenuer, and activist

Books:

• Grief is for People - Sloane Crosley
• It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle - Mark Wolynn
• Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Perez
• For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color - Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
• So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
• The Seed Keeper - Diane Wilson
• Techno-Fix: Why Technology Won't Save Us Or the Environment - Joyce & Michael Huesemann

Resturants:

• Tam's Cuisine of China - Pacifica, CA
• La Rustica - Seattle, WA
• S'MAC - New York, NY
• Ikea - Anywhere 💖