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redrocketpanda's review
4.0
Brave New Girls: Tales of Heroines Who Hack is the third instalment of the fantastic Brave New Girls anthology series about women in STEM. Each book represents different women in STEM with Heroines Who Hack primarily depicting a diverse array of young women in engineering and tech. An orphan stranded on a planet dominated by a tyrannical corporation must use her engineering skills to sell enough new tech so that she and her girlfriend can escape one day. A young girl with tourettes builds a piece of assistive technology that will help her be able to concentrate at school and finds self-love and acceptance along the way. A black girl finds herself on a spaceship which is rapidly leaking air and has to find a way back down to her planet with nothing more than her skills as an inventor and a sassy AI. There are 23 wonderful tales for all ages waiting to be discovered in this anthology with proceeds from sales donated to the Society of Women’s Engineers scholarship fund to enable more girls to pursue their dreams of becoming programmers, scientists, and engineers.
There is lots to appreciate in this anthology especially its commitment to diversity, recognizing the importance of representation, and celebration of girls in STEM. Whilst Heroines Who Hack has many instances of great representation (LGBTQ, women of colour, and disabled women) there were 3 stories including in the anthology which featured problematic racial representation which needs to be looked at further to see if these types of representation fit in with Brave New Girls messages about diversity and inclusion.
On the whole, Brave New Girls: Tales of Heroines Who Hack provides us with some sorely needed stories of young women in STEM and which supports a great cause.
To read the full review of Heroines Who Hack please check out my website!
There is lots to appreciate in this anthology especially its commitment to diversity, recognizing the importance of representation, and celebration of girls in STEM. Whilst Heroines Who Hack has many instances of great representation (LGBTQ, women of colour, and disabled women) there were 3 stories including in the anthology which featured problematic racial representation which needs to be looked at further to see if these types of representation fit in with Brave New Girls messages about diversity and inclusion.
On the whole, Brave New Girls: Tales of Heroines Who Hack provides us with some sorely needed stories of young women in STEM and which supports a great cause.
To read the full review of Heroines Who Hack please check out my website!
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