LeanIn.org and Getty Aim to Change Women’s Portrayal in Stock Photos

LeanIn.org and Getty Aim to Change Women’s Portrayal in Stock Photos Sheryl Sandberg’s nonprofit organization is partnering with the photo agency to try to eradicate stereotypes in stock images and portray women in more empowering ways.

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Sheryl Sandberg’s nonprofit organization is partnering with the photo agency to try to eradicate stereotypes in stock images and portray women in more empowering ways.

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As the student shared their thought regarding the day's assigned reading, I looked to the left, watching the professor begin to smile and nod. "Your point is discerning. It makes me think about..." the professor continued, spontaneously using the student's contribution to frame a question for the class, aimed at moving the discussion forward.

As a sophomore in college, I remember feeling surprised after attending the first few classes in this course (American Political Thought). Questions began to form in my head: Why doesn't the professor use the chalkboard? Why are we all sitting in a square, including the professor? Why isn't the professor looking at his notes? How does the professor know that we are going to say the things we need to say so that we know the stuff we're supposed to know? And why does he want us to call him "Bruce" instead of "Professor Smith"?

As the course went on, though, my experience answered these questions. I realized I was paying more attention not only because I was actually learning about the course content and understanding the reading material, but also because I felt more engaged; as the weeks passed, I was realizing that anything could happen in any given class session--it was up to us. The spontaneity of the discussion led me to read and listen better. And it also made me respect Bruce that much more. While I first wondered if he relied so much on student discussion because he didn't know the material that well himself, I recognized at the end of the course that he was able to center his course on student participation because he knew the content so well.

When I think about the style of the course, my engagement in it, and what I learned, I believe it is the best course I experienced. I also recognize that I probably have this opinion because of my own strengths and skills. As someone who enjoys thinking about big questions, reflecting, reading, and writing, it's not surprising to me that I valued this experience so much.

If you're a UMBC student now, what's the best course you've taken here? What made it so great? And if you're not a student at UMBC, what's the best class you've experienced, and why? Leave a comment below.

Co-Create UMBC is a blog for and about UMBC, written by David Hoffman and Craig Berger from Student Life. Join the Co-Create UMBC group on MyUMBC. Like Co-Create UMBC on Facebook. And follow David and Craig on Twitter.

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For weeks, Flappy Bird nested atop the most downloaded app charts for Apple and Google mobile devices. The creator of the app, an independent developer in Vietnam, became an overnight success...

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AOL had recently altered its 401(k) program, and its chief executive, Tim Armstrong, apologized for linking the move to soaring medical costs associated with two families’ “distressed babies.”

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These days it seems like politics and ideological divisions are spilling over into every aspect of American life.

Case in point: the new Lego Movie, which opened on Friday to rave reviews.

So what could possibly be the issue with a movie based on plastic bricks?

According to Fox News, the movie’s villain, appropriately named President Business, represents a cruel caricature of the American business executive and looks too much like Governor Mitt Romney.

This is despite the fact that Lego Movie is probably the most thinly veiled toy marketing movie in recent memory. What’s more capitalist then making a hugely profitable movie that also promotes your other products?

This isn’t the first time that Fox has cried foul to “Hollywood’s” supposed liberal agenda for kid’s movies.

Of course, every movie will be impacted by the perspectives of those who made it; that’s a big part of what makes movies valuable as an artistic medium.

But it seems to us at USDemocrazy that maybe we should just LEGO of all the political posturing and enjoy Lego Movie for the harmless entertainment that it is.

Does Hollywood have a problem with liberal bias? Or is Fox grasping at plastic straws here?

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These days it seems like politics and ideological divisions are spilling over into every aspect of American life. Case in point: the new Lego Movie, which opened on Friday to rave reviews. So...

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There’s a new viral game sweeping the nation, and it is the chubby most infuriating bird ever… Flappy Bird. Despite his quick rise to fame, there have been rumors floating around that Flappy Bird is about to meet its untimely demise.

For those of you still the dark (consider yourself spared), it is a highly addicting yet simplistic game. You tap your phone’s screen to fly a little bird through a series a pipes. That’s it. No power-ups, no levels, no extra obstacles…just a bird and pipes.

It is extremely frustrating, increases adrenaline levels, and causes unnecessary expletives. Yet, why have over 18 million people downloaded the game that apparently took only 3 days to create?

Though the game only took off since the end of January, the app was released in May 2013 by Dong Nguyen, a creator based in Vietnam.

Neither the iTunes nor Android store have promoted the game which makes many speculate that bots were used to boost its visibility in both app stores. Twitter posts, mostly by gamers sharing their frustration of the little bird, also helped to make Flappy Bird the success it is today.

Apparently Dong Nguyen wasn’t prepared to see Flappy Bird become so famous. On February 8th afternoon, Nguyen tweeted…

“I am sorry ‘Flappy Bird’ users, 22 hours from now, I will take ‘Flappy Bird’ down. I cannot take this anymore.”

He went on saying it wasn’t for any legal reasons. Regardless, Flappy Bird aficionados restlessly await the departure of their favorite little bird. In the meantime, you can tweet with #saveflappybird to get your voice heard.

But in the age of phenomenal computer-graphic potential and highly complex games, it’s hard to believe that a little pixelated bird has grabbed the attention of such a wide audience.

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Many Americans now bring their smartphones into the bedroom, especially to use them as alarm clocks. But that may be a recipe for insomnia, studies show.

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With 450,000 topics on Quora, where a community of users poses and answers questions, it’s a challenge to keep it all straight, but it’s necessary for a future ad business.

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Every week we tweet a lot of interesting stuff highlighting great content that we find on the web that can be of interest to web designers.

The best way to keep track of our tweets is simply to follow us on Twitter, however, in case you missed some here’s a quick and useful compilation of the best tweets that we sent out this past week.

Note that this is only a very small selection of the links that we tweeted about, so don’t miss out.

To keep up to date with all the cool links, simply follow us @DesignerDepot

Learn how to draw Bears and Pandas in the latest tutorial in our How to Draw Animals Series http://depot.ly/tnGIO via @tutsplus