Game designer Jane McGonigal creates games that address real-world problems including poverty, hunger and climate change.
Tag: play
Esperanza Spalding, High School Dropout Turned Grammy Winner
Often considered a musical prodigy, in 2011 Esperanza Spalding became the first jazz musician to win a Grammy for Best New Artist.
Althea Gibson, the First African American to Break the Color Barrier in Tennis
Often compared to Jackie Robinson, Althea Gibson was the first African American to break the color barrier in tennis.
The Complicated Gender History of Pink and Blue
Gender stereotypes have been present throughout history but until recently, pink and blue had opposite meanings as gender markers.
Sid on Sex: Instead of Slut Shaming, Let’s Embrace the Label
What if instead of slut shaming, we could proudly own our hard-earned right to pleasure?
Sid on Sex: A Valentine’s Day Gift That Lasts
On Valentine’s Day, instead of purchasing a symbolic gift, take the opportunity to rewrite your own relationship terms and reactivate your commitment.
How Joan Rivers Paved the Way for Female Comedians
Comedy legend Joan Rivers ripped through the comedy world with her razor-sharp jokes and self-deprecating humor.
How Monopoly Was Invented: The Anti-Capitalist Board Game
In 1903, Elizabeth Magie filed a patent for The Landlord’s Game. The game had two sets of rules: one where players were rewarded when they bought up property and destroyed the competition, and one where players created shared wealth.
Playing Dress-Up Was My Job … So Who Was I?
Over the years working in costume design, I ushered an actor through the Mississippi swamplands and was ushered through a Las Vegas casino via bodyguard.
Happy Hour with Ivy Mix
Speed Rack’s Ivy Mix is one of those women who comes to mind when you think of the phrase “powerhouse.” She is an artist, in addition to owning one cocktail bar, tending another one and co-founding an international women’s bartending competition, which raises money for breast cancer research. Mix talked to AWT about achieving the right balance of work, play and YOLO.
Poem: Batman by Leigh Lucas
Batman – poem by Leigh Lucas, a writer who lives in San Francisco. She is working on her first collection of poems.
When a Sex Shop Opens in the Neighborhood
Sid is standing on the shoulders of brazen, sex-loving giants. Please wouldn’t be there at all if not for the early pioneers who, starting in the 1970s, established the women’s sex toy industry as we know it, shattering many of the myths surrounding female sexuality along the way.
Upping the Ante: Jessica Walsh on Creative Play
Jessica Walsh has gotten so good at breaking (and making) the rules, in fact, that she lectures on the value of play as a creative tool.
Look Ma, No Hands! Risky Playground Design
Look Ma, no hands! Many believe that The safety-first design of most U.S. playgrounds tends to stifle children’s independence rather than foster it. Now a movement to create spaces that actively encourage…