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The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the face of Science

The Bearded Lady Project: Challenging the face of Science
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Please join us on August 22nd for a tour of the traveling portrait exhibition and the world premiere of the feature length documentary film. Panel discussion with co-founders and participants to follow.

The Bearded Lady Project is a brainchild of paleobotanist Ellen Currano and filmmaker Lexi Jamieson Marsh, which aims to challenge tenacious gender biases in the sciences, specifically paleontology. The project consists of a feature film celebrating the unsung achievements of the many paleontologists who happen to be women and revealing the obstacles they faced because of their gender. The film is complemented with a photography exhibit that — with a positive dose of wit — makes short work of the burly bearded male stereotype that has dominated the professional landscape of field-going scientists for far too long. If the portrayed women would have had beards to better fit this persisting stereotype, would their work be better known?

Schedule
4:00   Photography exhibit (the Bearded Lady portraits)
4:30   Welcome and introduction by project founders
5:00   Documentary feature film world premiere
6:00   Q&A with project founders and paleontologists followed by a reception (ends at 7:30)

Go to The Bearded Lady Project website for more information about the project

How to get there. There are several ways you can get to the Lawrence Hall of Science, click here for the schedules of AC Transit bus 65 and the campus Hill-line (free with a CalID). 

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