What tampons have to do with tech | Sophie Houser and Andy Gonzalez | TEDxYouth@Hewitt

Описание: This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Sophie Houser & Andy Gonzales ask "what if there were no menstrual taboo?" and "what if there were more women in technology?"

Andy and Sophie are the co-creators of the viral video game Tampon Run. They created the game as their final project at a summer intensive coding program, Girls Who Code, with the goal of combating the societal taboo of menstruation. It features a girl who throws tampons at oncoming enemies rather than shooting a gun. Over 200,000 people around the world have played the game since they posted it in early September. Tampon Run not only stands for the fight against the menstrual taboo, but also that women can and should code.

Sophie is a senior at Bard High School Early College and Andy is a junior at Hunter College High School. Sophie is the co-captain of her school’s tennis team, enjoys photography, writing, biking and spending time with friends. Andy is the co-captain of her school’s robotics team, on her school’s volleyball team, a classical pianist, a singer, and a TED talk binge-watcher.

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