Tampon run

- Fuente: CNN " data-fave-thumbnails="{"big": { "uri": " }, "small": { "uri": " } }" data-vr-video="false" data-show-html="" data-byline-html="" data-timestamp-html=" 05:25 ET (09:25 GMT) 18 de mayo de 2015" data-check-event-based-preview="" data-is-vertical-video-embed="false" data-network-id="" data-publish-date="2015-05-13T00:44:14Z" data-video-section="video" data-canonical-url=" data-branding-key="" data-video-slug="cnnee-pkg-game-tampon-run" data-first-publish-slug="cnnee-pkg-game-tampon-run" data-video-tags="" data-breakpoints="{"video-resource--media-extra-large": 660}" data-display-video-cover="true" data-details="" data-freewheel-lede="true"> Tampon Run...aprendiendo a lidiar con la menstruación 02:28 - Fuente: CNN Tampon Run...aprendiendo a lidiar con la menstruación 02:28 (CNNMoney)– Intenta incluir la palabra menstruación en tu próxima conversación y seguro notarás la incomodidad de tus interlocutores. El periodo es todavía un tema tabú, reservado para los baños de mujeres y las charlas rápidas. O para los videojuegos de plataforma… Andy Gonzales y Sophie Houser, dos estudiantes de preparatoria de la ciudad de Nueva York, codificaron el juego feminista Tampon Run. Con una interfase de ocho bits, quienes jugaron la primera versión del popular Mario Bros., tendrán una idea de lo que pudo haber sido si el juego hubiera sido creado por mujeres. Andy y Sophie se conocieron el verano pasado en un curso de siete semanas para mujeres programadoras que pretendía reducir la brecha de género en el campo tecnológico. Para graduarse, las niñas necesitaban un proyecto. Gonzales quería hacer un juego que “hablara de la hipersexualización de lo femenino en los videojuegos” y Houser quería un “código para el bien social”. Embonaron de inmediato. Tras una lluvia de ideas, Houser bromeó sobre hacer un videojuego donde una niña tirara tampones a la gente. Rieron, pero pronto se dieron cuenta lo mucho que les molestaba el

Just this past year, NYC-bred teens Sophie Houser, 17, and Andrea Gonzales, 16, met at a summer program that teaches women to code. For their final project, the two ladies created Tampon Run, an 8-bit video game where players collect and shoot tampons at the villains they’re being chased by. The game turned into a huge hit almost overnight and sparked a greater discussion about destigmatizing the menstrual cycle and women’s presence in the tech industry. We were lucky enough to chat with the creators and hear why they created a game that poked fun at periods and how the coding process for the game went, so check out what they had to say!Her Campus: Society is so used to the way the menstrual cycle is viewed that many probably don’t even realize there is a stigma attached to it. How would you describe this attitude toward periods for those who don’t really get why it’s negative and why it should be corrected?Andrea: Before creating Tampon Run, I was always embarrassed when I had my period. I felt uncomfortable asking my dad to buy me tampons, and on my way to the bathroom I’d tuck my tampons and pads away. In some other countries, menstruation is considered disgusting and repulsive to the point where women are marginalized for menstruating; while on their periods, they’re isolated from work, friends, family. That’s the menstrual taboo. Tampon Run is meant to address that menstruation is a normal part of a woman’s life. We want a girl or woman to feel as comfortable asking a friend to buy her tampons as they do toilet paper.Sophie: The first time I got my period, I was too embarrassed to buy myself my own tampons, so I had my mom buy them for me. I didn’t want to be seen in the “feminine hygiene” aisle at the pharmacy, I didn’t want to make eye contact with the cashier as I paid, and I didn’t want anyone to see me with the tampons on the two block walk home. Many of my friends experienced the same thing. The menstrual taboo [is] feeling embarrassed and ashamed of a normal and natural bodily function, something that embodies womanhood. It’s important to combat the menstrual taboo to empower women to love their bodies in every way, including their periods!HC: What’s the greater message you’d like to send out to users and just anybody interested in Tampon run? Is it destigmatizing the menstrual cycle, is it empowering women to enter the tech field, or both?Andy: Both! Both! Both! Tampon Run isn’t just about destigmatizing menstruation. It’s also about encouraging other girls to learn to code. I’m passionate about getting more women into coding. Having more women in the field can generate so much diversity in the products that the tech community generates. I don’t think a man would have developed Tampon Run. [The game] demonstrates that women can be successful programmers, bring a different perspective, and contribute just as much to the

Tampon Run, which she co-built with Sophie Houser. Tampon Run’s success exceeded all expectations, and Andy was thrown into a world outside of her high school. Beyond her passion for computer science, Andy is a music, comic book, and video game enthusiast. She looks forward to remaining an active advocate for women in computer science.Sophie Houser is a student at Brown University who learned to code at the Girls Who Code summer program. As her final project she co-created a game called Tampon Run with Andrea Gonzales to break down the menstrual taboo in society. The game went viral, throwing her into the limelight of the press, the public, and the tech world. In addition to coding, Sophie also enjoys laughing with her friends, wearing socks with interesting patterns, and Photoshopping funny scenes. She is pursuing all of these passions as well as many more at college and beyond.Just like their fictional counterparts, YA nonfiction is bursting with fantastic and fresh voices covering important subjects. From captivating memoirs to star author anthologies to graphic memoirs, nonfiction offers loads of discoveries for readers craving a true story. The following recommendations are just the tip of the iceberg…Read MoreCustomer Reviews