#chanda prescod weinstein

[garadinervi]

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, The Edge of Space-Time. Particles, Poetry, and the Cosmic Dream Boogie, Pantheon Books, New York, NY, 2026

[padawan-historian]

From Dr. Chanda: This is simply not a full rendering of what NASA is. They are flying in a spacecraft made by a weapons maker. We need to be honest with ourselves and our audiences about how much connection there is between NASA and defense contractors. Then we can talk about imagining a NASA without that.

[progressivejudaism]

13 Jews of Color to Follow on Social Media Right Now – Kveller

With every news headline referencing the Covid-19 pandemic, the past few months ushered the world into unprecedented times. But recently, for the first time in what feels like forever, coronavirus has taken the back burner to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Are we still in unprecedented times? Absolutely not.

Racism is a scourge that’s ingrained in society. As a community of people who share the pain of serving as the world’s scapegoat, Jews — as well as everyone — have a responsibility to dismantle the systems that have oppressed Black people for centuries. Victims of racism cannot fight their battles alone, nor can they be at the forefront.

Many non-Black Jews are reckoning with how best to support the Black Lives Matter movement and, in an effort to help, they’re turning to People of Color for answers. This is a mistake. Even with good intentions, do not lean on Jews of Color, primarily Black Jews, to do the work for you. It’s exasperating and further illustrates privilege.

So, where to start? Listen to Black Jews, learn from Black Jews, but don’t ask them for help — they’re asking for ours. So here’s one super simple thing you can do: Check your privilege and begin with diversifying your social media.

[yourdailyqueer]

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

Gender: Non binary - Agender (she/her)

Sexuality: Queer

DOB: 23 August 1982

Ethnicity: White, Afro Caribbean (Barbadian)

Occupation: Astronomer, writer, activist

[theoffingmag]

There are two ways to look at the academy. One is that colleges and universities are places where people trained in intellectual specialties engage in broad knowledge production; the other is that academia is a hierarchical system of abuse that takes advantage of intellectual curiosity while paying all but a chosen few poverty wages. The chosen few are primarily white cis men, despite much public handwringing at academic institutions about how to become more inclusive without 'sacrificing quality.'

The Offing’s editor-in-chief, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, reviews Suzette Mayr’s recent book Dr. Edith Vane and the Hares of Crawley Hall for Bitch Media

[integrrl]

These Black Female Mathematicians Should Be Stars in the Blockbusters of Tomorrow

The hallways of math and science history are overflowing with the achievements of white men, from Sir Isaac Newton to Steve Jobs; their faces are printed into elementary school textbooks everywhere, and their achievements have been indelibly drilled into our minds, with countless awards and institutions named after them. To be brilliant is a gift, but who gets to be remembered as such involves privilege.

Pi Day falls in the middle of Women’s History Month, so take a moment today to learn about black female mathematicians Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Chelsea Walton, Talithia Williams, and Christina Eubanks-Turner.

[safirefire]

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein has been my favorite book this year

[sybilius]

Episode 4.1: Speaking Truth (& STEM) To Power — VanguardSTEM

Jedidah Isler, Ph.D.; Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Ph.D.

This is so. good.