Film: Picture a Scientist
What is it really like being a scientist who does not fit the ‘traditional’ image or the man in the white lab coat?
What do you picture when you think about a scientist? For the longest of time, the most prominent image would probably have been a man in a white lab coat. But it’s 2020, and we all know that scientists actually come in a variety of genders, colours, sizes and outfits, to name but a few. But what is it really like being a scientist who does not fit that ‘traditional’ image? Picture a Scientist tells the story of three prominent scientists, and the struggles and discriminations they have faced throughout their careers by simply being women and by being Black.