Christine Ro
https://www.christinero.com
Interested in international development, social justice, environmentalism, language, and pop culture. Would love to throw all those things into a blender.
PROJECTS
BBC
The pervasive problem of 'linguistic racism'
Not everyone who speaks English is treated the same way. What happens when accent discrimination creeps in to our conscious and unconscious – and what do we do about our biases?
BBC
How overwork is literally killing us
Alarming new research shows that people working more than 54 hours a week are at major risk of dying from overwork. It’s killing three-quarters of a million people each year.
Forbes
Improving Access To Medical Oxygen For The Long Run
It’s never been clearer how essential medical oxygen is.
BBC
How to design safer cities for women
Thoughtful, inclusive urban design can make streets safer for women – something that has multiple benefits.
Forbes
The Growing Case For Banning Pesticides Linked To Suicides
It’s clear that agrochemicals that are highly lethal to insects and weeds can also be extremely dangerous to people. And much of that human harm involves self-poisoning.
BBC
The complicated battle over unconscious-bias training
Helping workers understand their implicit biases is helpful, in theory – but these programmes are controversial. Who’s right?
BBC
Why the 'nice guy' penalty disadvantages all workers
Research suggests that men are distrusted and passed over at work when they exhibit qualities stereotypically assigned to women. Fixing this would benefit all of us.
Book Riot
8 Essential Diasporic Novels
a list of the novels that have most shaped my thinking about diasporas
BBC
Why we use women’s professional titles less than men’s
There are disparities in whose knowledge and experience get acknowledged. That’s why professional titles matter, especially for those less likely to be perceived as experts.
Book Riot
9 Ways to Support Journalists Even if You’re Broke
email them, support their day jobs, advocate for press freedom, and more
BBC
Why we may have to re-learn to socialise
With socialising at a near halt during the pandemic, our social muscles have atrophied. We may have to re-train ourselves to be with others again – but how?
Book Riot
Reducing the Environmental Toll of Paper in the Publishing Industry
It can get very complex to quantify the environmental impact of the publishing industry.
wellcomecollection.org
Care, creativity and a connected world
Melanie Grant and Ana Botella talk about the “all-hands-on-deck thinking” that has allowed creative and sensitive programming and collecting to continue at Wellcome Collection during the Covid-19 era.
Book Riot
10 Tidbits About Libraries for Visually Impaired and Print Disabled People
1) More people are eligible than you might think...