Lego

Artist Maia Weinstock creates series of Lego minifigures based on trailblazing women like Justice Ruth Ginsberg and Temple Grandin. 

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LEGO minifigurines have been a financial bonanza for the company. But, even as the popularity of the toys soars, the mini-characters themselves remain several decades out of step with the times: There are almost no female “minifigs.” One dedicated LEGO hobbyist is determined to change that.

For years, the Lego world has been mostly’s a boy’s world, even if girls played with them as much or more than their boy classmates. That’s slowly started to change, but artist Maia Weinstock wanted to give the change a little kick.

After scoring some big victories in the US in 2014, the movement to get institutions to cut their ties to fossil fuel companies is broadening its focus in the UK to include big name museums and even toy companies.