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February 5, 2017 by yesknopemaybe 2 Comments

I’m not a huge movie person honestly, but I am a huge Taraji P. Henson person so of course I went and saw Hidden Figures in theatres and freaking loved it. This is not a movie review site, so I won’t go into too much detail except to say that it was magical finding out about the histories of these smart-as-fuck women and it was a very entertaining way to spend a couple of hours. I really recommend seeing the movie and then reading the […]

Filed Under: History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Hidden Figures, history, Margot Lee Shetterly, nasa, Non-Fiction, Racism, science, sexism

yesknopemaybe's CBR9 Review No:10 · Genres: History, Non-Fiction · Tags: Hidden Figures, history, Margot Lee Shetterly, nasa, Non-Fiction, Racism, science, sexism ·
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