Good HBR article on LEGO and girls: LEGO’s Girl Problem Starts with Management, depressing conclusion:
"Don’t hold your breath, though. Despite its first-day sold-out success, LEGO has decided not to continue the Research Institute line. It was only a “limited edition.” So girls, back to the pool. The guys in this boardroom don’t seem to want to give you any ideas… let alone seats at the table."
Go-arounds: LEGO and Legislative Service — LEGO: I wrote in January about LEGO's[1] misogynistic latest LEGO for Girls campaign. Earlier this month I was excited to read Mary Elizabeth Williams reporting that ' Lego tires to get less sexist' on Salon but it turned out that rather than...
Reviews and links for July 2010 — Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis 4/5 Returns to the characters of Less Than Zero twenty five years later. I don't think it's a plot spoiler to say that they're not happy and well adjusted people. I found Glamorama to be pretty tedious and Lunar...
Reviews and links for August 2010 — Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void by Mary Roach 4/5It's Mary Roach, so no surprise that her book on space focused on how hard it is to take a crap (in space), how much engineering goes into disposing of crap (in space), and practical...
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