Naming Experience:
Why would you celebrate Black Independence Day on July 3rd? It took the work of slaves to build America; the slaves came before the nation, so Black Independence Day would logically precede the traditional Independence Day, July 4th. On July...
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Posted on July 6, 2008 11:10 AM • 12 Comments •
Mr. Harbison and people like him wish to control the megaphone, to curtail the discourse.
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Posted on June 30, 2008 3:03 PM • 5 Comments •
Because we can't keep our mouths shut forever, nor can we always stay locked safely within our homes, it is inevitable that we must interact with and speak to other human beings. And because of this, it is (nearly) inevitable...
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Posted on June 9, 2008 5:57 PM • 8 Comments •
But even when you cite the literature, you can still find yourself dismissed.
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Posted on May 12, 2008 3:00 PM • 19 Comments •
"But we can't have the NAS lowering its standards just to admit women/minorities!"
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Posted on April 30, 2008 1:16 PM • 12 Comments •
Being a woman is no guarantee that you will respect other women and/or realize that feminism has some valid points to make.
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Posted on April 30, 2008 12:34 PM • 10 Comments •
Should be required viewing in all our schools.
Posted on April 5, 2008 10:05 PM • 5 Comments •
Alice recently told her ethnic story over at Sciencewomen, and asked others to join in the attempt to "displace white from the default position". Of course lots of comments ensued; her follow-up is here, and well worth reading. In the...
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Posted on March 13, 2008 3:06 PM • 20 Comments •
Last month I wrote about children, academic careers, and moms. Lively discussion ensued. Here's something you should read for a follow up, and hat tip to Sciencewoman for the link: Let me reminds you, once again, that people do not...
Posted on March 7, 2008 6:28 PM • 14 Comments •
Maria told me about WOC PhD. A link in this post led me to the Feminist Studies Collections: Women of Color & Women Worldwide pages, from which I hopped to the Women of Color page from the Wisconsin Women's Studies...
Posted on March 5, 2008 6:41 PM • 0 Comments •
There's been some quite lively blogging recently over at Abel Pharmboy's pad. Of particular note was the live-blogged vasectomy: Anyway, as a medical blogger, I will try to liveblog the process from my Palm Treo 700p at the Hospital-That-Tobacco-Built. While...
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Posted on February 29, 2008 11:53 PM • 7 Comments •
Maybe you've been wondering just exactly how few women scientists and engineers there are in academia in the U.S. Or, to put it another way, maybe you've wondered just exactly how much men scientists and engineers are overrepresented in academia....
Posted on February 27, 2008 1:48 PM • 14 Comments •
If you are, you may want to read this article over at ScienceCareers. It's very informative, with a link or two to some resources, and what's even cooler, it features quotes from Mrs. Whatsit (named "Abigail" in the article) and...
Posted on February 15, 2008 12:28 PM • 5 Comments •
After all, the kid you're raising today may be the person wiping my ass someday in the nursing home.
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Posted on February 13, 2008 3:50 PM • 40 Comments •
Raise your hand if you've been to diversity camp! You know - sometime during the academic year, your department head or dean announces there's going to be a diversity meeting/seminar/retreat. People grudgingly attend, they do some exercises to maybe show...
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Posted on January 31, 2008 3:23 PM • 5 Comments •
The Philadelphia Inquirer has an interesting article today about the "issue of cultural sensitivity...in the world of comedy". Comedy: When The Laughing Stops looks at how comedians struggle with knowing where to draw the line - and when to go...
Posted on January 30, 2008 1:51 PM • 46 Comments •
Gender, and sexual orientation, and race, can come through in your blogging by what you do (or do not) attend to in your posts.
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Posted on January 28, 2008 10:49 PM • 13 Comments •
...making the decision to speak out needs to be a well-informed one: what will I risk? is it worth it? can I live with the potential consequences?
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Posted on January 22, 2008 11:12 PM • 4 Comments •
Here we are in 2007, and you can be an associate dean at a prestigious institution of higher education, and still be completely clueless about campus sexual harassment policy and its legal implications.
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Posted on November 1, 2007 3:15 PM • 9 Comments •
It's maddening that something as simple as how I wear my hair can be fraught with gender connotations.
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Posted on October 29, 2007 6:39 PM • 43 Comments •
From the Chronicle of Higher Education, Home-Schooled Students Rise in Supply and Demand: "Home schooling often really allows students to develop a passion," says Sabena Moretz, associate director of admissions at Richmond. "With a traditional high school, most of the...
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Posted on October 10, 2007 2:44 PM • 18 Comments •
Chem Blog needs some serious shoe-puking.
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Posted on September 27, 2007 11:55 AM • 22 Comments •
Gender equity: it's not rocket science. Just review the list.
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Posted on September 19, 2007 6:17 PM • 35 Comments •
Lots of my Sciblings have blogged about 9.11.01 today. I particularly recommend Abel Pharmboy's post, and the video that Orac posted if you can stand to watch it. I don't feel that I have anything meaningful to add. I felt...
Posted on September 11, 2007 6:33 PM • 1 Comments •
It's enough to make one weep.
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Posted on September 11, 2007 4:23 PM • 15 Comments •
I found the link to this video over at She's Such a Geek! - thanks, Charlie! Listen to one female geek's response to reading the book. I particular loved her saying that the "she" in "She's Such a Geek!" should...
Posted on September 11, 2007 2:30 PM • 1 Comments •
It's late summer, and the harvest is bountiful, and so with the contributions to Scientiae. Thanks to all of you who submitted such fabulous posts. Some of you even wrote two posts! It must be that back-to-school enthusiasm. As you...
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Posted on September 2, 2007 6:50 PM • 9 Comments •
As a graduate student at MIT, my daily commute took me past a construction site bordered by the sort of concrete dividers you see along highways. It was a pretty long stretch of concrete dividers, and on it someone had...
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Posted on August 30, 2007 5:31 PM • 12 Comments •
You must read what Pat has to say about APS's CSWP compiling a list of female-friendly physics departments.
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Posted on August 20, 2007 7:41 PM • 6 Comments •
This is puzzling...surely if
Nature had already updated its mission statement, it would not need to write an editorial about updating its mission statement, right?
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Posted on August 20, 2007 11:07 AM • 5 Comments •
Scientist, you see , actually means "men of science".
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Posted on August 19, 2007 8:36 PM • 14 Comments •
who knew???
Posted on August 16, 2007 5:39 PM • 23 Comments •
We learn our gender politics early and often, and in the strangest of places.
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Posted on August 15, 2007 6:59 PM • 4 Comments •
G.I. Joe rampaged through the prom with his gun and took Barbie hostage.
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Posted on August 14, 2007 3:11 AM • 16 Comments •
Where, indeed, did those women go to answer nature's call all those years when the buildings had few or no women's restrooms?
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Posted on August 11, 2007 9:16 AM • 13 Comments •
Oh god, let us never forget the men and their problems.
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Posted on July 31, 2007 9:14 AM • 9 Comments •
I don't know how to find balance, because I imagine there's nothing
to balance.
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Posted on July 30, 2007 11:45 PM • 9 Comments •
That fabulous group of women, the X-Gals, is back with the last of their installments in the Chronicle of Higher Education and it is truly Must Read C (of Higher) E. This last installment is titled On the Origin of...
Posted on July 24, 2007 2:13 PM • 4 Comments •
People tend to think Title IX is mainly, or only, about sports.
Posted on July 17, 2007 4:18 PM • 0 Comments •
Today I wish I were a mad scientist of cheese.
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Posted on July 11, 2007 3:14 PM • 4 Comments •
It's a real understatement to say that Denice Denton was a trailblazer.
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Posted on June 24, 2007 9:05 AM • 1 Comments •
>"Physicists talk in metaphor all the time,"
Posted on June 21, 2007 5:12 PM • 2 Comments •
It's either this, or all gardening and no blogging.
Posted on June 19, 2007 5:23 PM • •
What do I think I'm supposed to be doing here?
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Go right ahead, discriminate your hearts out.
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Posted on June 11, 2007 6:38 PM • 63 Comments •
Wherein we meet plants joined in lawful marriages...
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Posted on May 31, 2007 7:50 PM • 1 Comments •
Just don't mention diversity...
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Posted on May 31, 2007 3:01 PM • 1 Comments •
And now...let the comment whiners commence whining.
Posted on May 31, 2007 2:18 PM • 16 Comments •
Leaking never looked so good!
Posted on May 29, 2007 7:32 PM • 2 Comments •
Two more websites that feature women, and aren't porn! Yay!
Posted on May 24, 2007 4:44 PM • 0 Comments •
She convinced me to retake calculus - which made all the difference.
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Posted on May 12, 2007 11:42 PM • 7 Comments •
...veiled attempts to protect the in-group...
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Posted on April 25, 2007 5:29 PM • 20 Comments •
I recently finished reading Intuition, by Allegra Goodman. It's a great novel, and anyone who's done time as a postdoc will appreciate it, especially if you've done time as postdoc in biomedical research. You may find yourself reading it and...
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Posted on April 23, 2007 4:01 PM • 7 Comments •
Well, presumably, international women are women too.
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Posted on April 6, 2007 5:35 PM • 1 Comments •
One day you're a scientist, the next day you're not?
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Posted on April 2, 2007 3:16 PM • 11 Comments •
Leaving academia meant feeling giddily untethered, almost adrift.
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Posted on March 23, 2007 8:47 PM • 22 Comments •
To sum up: either she stinks, or she's unworthy.
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Posted on March 22, 2007 7:23 PM • 21 Comments •
The things I write often don't leave me feeling sunny.
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Posted on March 21, 2007 11:42 PM • 0 Comments •
Zuska is the kick-ass alter-ego of Suzanne E Franks. When not dispensing Zuska's wisdom, Suzanne can often be found gardening, reading, or having one of her thrice-weekly migraines.
