I absolutely love this.
Five Aymara women from Bolivia, who have been hiking together for years, recently climbed Mt. Aconcagua (the highest peak in the Americas) in full indigenous garb.
https://t.co/w2VhaVRdk4
Every day, the @womenphotograph data team looks at the lead photo byline on the front page of 8 newspapers. Here are the percentages of those images that were made by women photographers in 2019:
If you donโt know about the annual African Lens publication, you should. Itโs curated by Ghanaian Aaron Yeboah Jr.
Vol. 5 features eight photographers from the continent.
https://t.co/kdBmgTGzLz
Also, the Kielburger's dismissiveness of facts in service of a 'higher mission'(don't get me started on the racist, colonial/neocolonial bullshit behind that idea) is both deeply frustrating and incredibly prevalent.
The truth matters. Facts matter.
See Laura Heaton's work for another example of truths being pushed aside to form convenient and simplistic stories: https://t.co/7L3PtKokgr
Also, this rough translation episode on her reporting is very good: https://t.co/B1DOafTHeR
I have a lot of thoughts about the awfulness which is WE that I won't share at this moment, but I will say, little of this report surprises me. Post-graduation, I remember seeing WE job postings everywhere and wondering how terrible it was to work there. High turn over = red flag