The Proper Way To Be A Woman In Science
The problem, you see, is that women aren't really allowed to be ANYTHING in science.Posted on November 14, 2008 9:02 AM • 70 Comments •
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If you have not yet figured out why you shoud not be using terms like "hard science" and "soft skills", then you absolutely need to read Telling Stories About Engineering: Group Dynamics and Resistance to Diversity in NWSA Journal v. 16 No. 1, 2004 (Re)Gendering Science Fields.
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Earth Science, With Kids
Ovaries of stone, those ladies have!Posted on November 11, 2008 10:21 PM • 1 Comments •
ScienceBlogs 1 Million Comments Party at Farmacia
What's best about Sb? "Community" and "the drama!" were two big positives...Posted on October 1, 2008 2:20 PM • 5 Comments •
PhD Engineers in the Corporate World
After all, engineers have it made, don't they?Posted on September 24, 2008 3:57 PM • 6 Comments •
This Just In: Feminism Is A Religion!
Words really have pretty casual meanings these days.Posted on August 28, 2008 12:48 PM • 15 Comments •
It's SO Not Fair For You Women To Hang Out Together!
The womanist is "not a separatist, except periodically, for health".Posted on August 5, 2008 12:04 AM • 27 Comments •
Stereotype Threat in a Real-Life Setting
A great post at eduwonkette looks at gender and stereotype threat in math performance. Stereotype threat has been well-documented in "laboratory" settings, but eduwonkette reports on a study in a real-life setting: These men and women were, by all accounts,...Posted on August 4, 2008 12:08 PM • 6 Comments •
Technology and Genealogy
What makes you a member of family, or a citizen of a nation? Over at Sciencewoman, Alice reports on a session she attended at this year's NWSA conference: In a session on the technologies of citizenship, Banu Submramaniam of the...Posted on July 31, 2008 11:04 PM • 0 Comments •
Talking Back to Conservatives About Title IX and Science
You all may be aware of the moronically stupid column by John Tierney that ran in the NY Times recently, an opinion piece disguised as reporting. I haven't had a chance yet to give my own response to this piece...Posted on July 29, 2008 7:17 PM • 5 Comments •
A Versatile Strategy
I've been sorting through books lately, in an effort to cull and control my ever-burgeoning collection, and of course I have to browse through each book to decide if I want to keep it. It's a slow, but rewarding process....Posted on July 20, 2008 11:30 PM • 2 Comments •
Celebrating Black Independence Day, Honoring the Divine Nine
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...Posted on July 6, 2008 11:10 AM • 14 Comments •
Know Thine Enemy
Mr. Harbison and people like him wish to control the megaphone, to curtail the discourse.Posted on June 30, 2008 3:03 PM • 7 Comments •
Dumbest Reason Ever for Not Supporting Paid Parental Leave
I was browsing the Women's Policy Inc. site, which is awesome, and ran across an item in the June 16, 2008 issue of The Source that just left me with my mouth hanging open. I can't find a permalink for...Posted on June 27, 2008 11:39 PM • 21 Comments •
Why I Shouldn't Blog
Reasons why I should not blog (or at least, why no one should pay attention to me):Posted on June 19, 2008 2:10 PM • 24 Comments •
It's Just No Use, Girls: A Profound Analysis of Gender and Engineering
There is Boy Stuff, and there is Girl Stuff. Engineering is Boy Stuff.Posted on April 30, 2008 6:56 PM • 63 Comments •
James Brown and 1968
Should be required viewing in all our schools.Posted on April 5, 2008 10:05 PM • 5 Comments •
Links for 4-3-2008
Physioprof weighs in on the issue of pseudonymous blogging and "blogging while female" phenomenon. It's a good read. Peter Sagal, who hosts NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me!" has a piece on gender inequity in Whoville. It's awesome. An excerpt:...Posted on April 3, 2008 5:42 PM • 4 Comments •
Pseudonymous Writing: Two Views
Pseudonymous blogging - and commenting - is common. Some like it, some don't; some see the need for it, some don't. Whatever side you're on, you might be interested in these two recent columns from the Chronicle of Higher Education....Posted on March 31, 2008 7:08 PM • 4 Comments •
Links for 3-17-2008
You just have to read Non Sequitur today. It's a great strip in general but I really liked today's comic for reasons that will be obvious to you. Lab Cat has announced a Fortnight-long Food Fest. In fact I am...Posted on March 17, 2008 1:52 PM • 2 Comments •
On The "Choice" Of Having A Child
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 •
"Geek Chic - Computer Science Is The New Sexy"
So much for the slow, steady progress over time theory.Posted on March 7, 2008 5:09 PM • 6 Comments •
Links for 3-6-2008
Bora has posted an interview with me at A Blog Around the Clock. See here for all the interviews in the series. He keeps adding new ones so check back now and then. Via the Chronicle news blog, I found...Posted on March 6, 2008 3:03 PM • 2 Comments •
Links for 3-5-2008
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 •
Links for 3-4-2008
Janet Stemwedel has a lengthy, informative, interesting post on that eternally troublesome question: When in my graduate career should I have a baby? After reading it, I am put in mind of that New Yorker cartoon with the guy on...Posted on March 4, 2008 9:59 PM • 2 Comments •
Are You Feeling Like An Imposter?
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 •
Abel's Warning About Information On Breast Cancer Sites
Abel Pharmboy reports on inaccuracies in breast cancer websites: So it was no surprise to me and actually quite alarming to read a recent report suggesting that while only 1 in 20 breast cancer websites offer incorrect information, CAM-focused [CAM...Posted on February 14, 2008 6:59 PM • 2 Comments •
How To Get Published in Nature: Try Not To Be Female
Well, I guess if it only benefits women it isn't "beneficial".Posted on February 14, 2008 6:07 PM • 29 Comments •
Whose Issue Is This?
After all, the kid you're raising today may be the person wiping my ass someday in the nursing home.Posted on February 13, 2008 3:50 PM • 40 Comments •
SD '08 - The Candidates Have Been Invited!
Here's the word, from Sheril at The Intersection - and the word is exciting! For months everyone has been asking us, when will there be an invitation sent to candidates...a date... a venue... Well it's finally happened! It's official. Hillary...Posted on February 11, 2008 8:42 PM • 2 Comments •
Twenty Years Of Sexual Harassment (and other news)
Science policy, 20 years of sexual harassment, French women students as prostitutes: a round-up of stuff from the Chronicle: Dan Greenburg of Brainstorm complains that the U.S. has no national science policy. Some commenters say "that's a good thing". Over...Posted on February 1, 2008 2:43 PM • 3 Comments •
Another Perspective On Delineating Funny/Not-Funny
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 •
Why Boing Boing Doesn't Blog About Housework
Gender, and sexual orientation, and race, can come through in your blogging by what you do (or do not) attend to in your posts.Posted on January 28, 2008 10:49 PM • 13 Comments •
Interactive and Ethical Blogging - Advice From The Experts
Interestingly, to me, Dave does not recommend asking your readers to comment...Posted on January 24, 2008 7:28 PM • 4 Comments •
What We Talked About At The NC Science Blogging Conference
...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?Posted on January 22, 2008 11:12 PM • 4 Comments •
How to Find Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research
Dave Munger at Cognitive Daily introduced today a new set of icons that will help readers identify blogging on peer-reviewed research. You can find the full announcement below the fold, including info on where to find the icons, how to...Posted on October 29, 2007 12:38 PM • 0 Comments •
Stuff I Read and Thought You'd Like
Some great posts on other blogs you may have missed reading: Language Log has a great critique of the new PBS show WordGirl, which I found via Fairer Science. If that's not enough to make you grind your teeth, then...Posted on October 27, 2007 11:08 AM • 0 Comments •
Applying Interdisciplinary Meanings of Race
Since Jim Watson's recent self-destruction, there's been a lot of talk about pseudo-scientific racism versus actual "scientific" studies of race. Earlier this summer, Lennard J. Davis had an essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education titled A Grand Unified Theory...Posted on October 27, 2007 10:01 AM • 0 Comments •
What A Non-Scientist Thinks About James Watson
By now everyone knows that Jim Watson has resigned his position at CSHL. But the damage he's done will live on long afterwards. Consider this comment from a reader (emphasis added): As a non-scientist, I'd like to point out an...Posted on October 26, 2007 3:06 PM • 8 Comments •
What You Need To Know About Community Colleges
In case you are thinking of community colleges as your "safety" academic career, you might want to do some reading up on them to develop your understanding of their unique mission.Posted on October 25, 2007 2:16 PM • 9 Comments •
PZ, You've Seriously Disappointed Me
PZ Myers is a really nice person and I love Pharyngula - I just spent a nice half hour reading it, and among other good stuff I encountered there was a link in this post to Robert Hooke's notebooks online....Posted on October 24, 2007 9:04 PM • 11 Comments •
Watson Stoops to New Lows in Calling Franklin Autistic
Not, of course, that how he sees it bears any relationship to reality.Posted on October 16, 2007 1:17 PM • 19 Comments •
Networked Science: Who's It Good For?
Call me cynical, but I'm just thinking that an arrangement which saves companies the expense of having to actually "hire researchers to meet all [their] rapidly evolving scientific needs" cannot possibly be in the best long-term interests of the scientists themselves.Posted on September 6, 2007 2:55 PM • 5 Comments •
Post Full of Semi-Random Links
Perusing Google Reader tonight, and here are some items of note: Absinthe seems to be in a bad way, at least as regards blogging and the blogosphere. Doesn't seem to be much we can do to cheer her or change...Posted on August 30, 2007 9:58 PM • 2 Comments •
