Admin Post: Rise Above: SWG Challenge | 15 April - 10 May

[dawn_felagund]

This month's challenge Rise Above is inspired by women in the sciences. Each participant will receive a quote from a woman who has advanced the participation of women in the sciences. Although we are offering this challenge alongside Legendarium Ladies April, your response does not have to feature a female character or women in science, although special stamps are available for those who take on these extra challenges. (Note that we consider "science" broadly, not just the hard sciences. Also--please feel free to use your challenge quote in combination with this month's wonderful Legendarium Ladies April prompts, or write or include a poem as part of Poetry Month!) You may use all or part of your quote in any way that you choose in responding to the challenge. Challenge responses must be posted to the SWG archive by May 10 to be eligible for a stamp.

If you wish to participate in this month's challenge, leave a comment here on our Dreamwidth or LiveJournal, drop us an ask on our tumblr, or email us at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org. We will send your quote to you as soon as possible.

Comments

[ladybrooke]

I'll take one, please!

(For the purposes of the stamp, can I assume you're all using a broader definition of science that includes the social sciences and not just natural/formal?)

[dawn_felagund]

Yes! That's a great question; I will edit the post to reflect that. Even for the quotes, Lyra chose from a range of disciplines that could stand under the umbrella of science.

And speaking of ... here is your quote:

“If I am remembered at all, I would like to be remembered as my family storyteller.”
~ Kay McNulty Mauchly Antonelli

[ladybrooke]

Awesome, thanks for the answer!

That quote works perfectly with the field I was thinking of using! Now I just need to brush up on my own knowledge of it. :D

[dawn_felagund]

Awesome! :D I thought you might like it.

[starspray]

I would like a prompt, please!

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go! :)

“Archaeological materials are not mute. They speak their own language. And they need to be used for the great source they are to help unravel the spirituality of our ancestors.”
~ Marija Gimbutas

[zdenka]

Realistically, I probably won't manage to finish this, but I would like a quote please!

[dawn_felagund]

That's kind of my attitude too! :D I requested a prompt from Lyra, against my better judgment and the reality of my life right now. Good luck to you! Here is your quote:

"It is my melancholy fate to like so many people I profoundly disagree with and often heartily dislike people who agree with me."
~ Mary Kingsley

[zdenka]

Heh, thank you! And good luck to you as well. That quote is too relatable.

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you! :)

I thought you could do something cool with that quote!

[fiachairecht]

Now that I've finally kicked my arse into getting a SWG account, I'd like a quote please :)

[dawn_felagund]

Awesome! We are happy to have you! :D

Here is your quote:

"It is best for me to work quietly alone. I must endeavour to be more and more retired and secret. I must not even let myself know what I do. I must never be satisfied, but look ahead."
~ Anna Jemima Clough

Happy writing!

[pandemonium_213]

Get thee behind me, temptresses!

OK, please provide me with a prompt. Cannot guarantee it will be ready by 10 May (I'm returning to Boston on 05 May and starting the new gig on 07 May), but maybe I can eck out a little chapter for Songs of Stone and Mountain (or one of my other ongoing fics).

[dawn_felagund]

The only reason there is a due date is for stamps--out of my selfish need to say "ENOUGH!" :D So after the 10th is great!

Here is your quote:

“Good and evil, as we term them, are not antagonistic; they are ever found hand in hand. Humanity has never achieved a single conquest without the aid of both. Indeed how can she? What adds to moral strength, but a grappling with temptation?”
~ Sarah Moore Grimké

I hope you are enjoying your time off! ^_^

[grundyscribbling]

Of course I wish to participate! :)

[dawn_felagund]

Here is your quote--happy writing! :)

“Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides.”
~ Ruth Hubbard

[grundyscribbling]

Thanks! :)

[heartofoshun]

I find this a bit intimidating, but I think I want a prompt anyway.

[dawn_felagund]

I found one that I think you might like, but if I struck out and you want me to try again, let me know!

"When you are part of a historic moment, you do not realise it. Looking back, you understand it was a defining moment."
~ Sudipta Sengupta

[heartofoshun]

Oh, this is wonderful! I adore it! Definitely did not strike out. (I was terrified and it turned out to be perfect!)

[dawn_felagund]

Excellent! If I know the person requesting a prompt, I do try to choose one that I think they'll like. That's easier with you than for most people, of course, since I have the advantage of knowing you well and for a long time! :D

[hhimring]

Could I also have a quote, please, Dawn?

[dawn_felagund]

Of course! :) Please let me know if this one doesn't inspire you; I just really like it and would like to see someone try it!

”We have no template for what a powerful woman looks like, except that she looks rather like a man.”
~ Mary Beard

[hhimring]

Thank you very much, Dawn!
I'll have a think. (Maybe I should buy her recent book!)

[hrymfaxe]

Oh no, I have no time at all this month, but I can't pass the chance to get a quote! I'll stockpile for when time and dust levels in the apartment allow for painting and drawing again!

[dawn_felagund]

I know--I requested one too without almost no hope of completing it! D^:

My fingers are crossed, for you and for the selfish reason that new art from you = joy.

Here is your quote:

“Human rights are difficult to pin down because their definition, indeed their very existence, depends on emotions as much as on reason.”
~ Lynn Hunt

[hrymfaxe]

Hahaha I'm in good company then! :D

Interesting quote. I will meditate on it while plastering the first wall in the living room tonight. ;)

[grey_gazania]

I requested a prompt on Tumblr when you first announced the challenge, but I think either my ask or your answer must have been lost in the ether, so I figured I'd drop a comment here. May I have a prompt, please?

[dawn_felagund]

I'm so sorry! The ether did indeed devour it; I just checked our inbox, just to be sure I didn't overlook something, and it is not there. :(

Here is your prompt:

“Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.”
~ Margaret Mead