EvolutionJuly 10, 2012
It s Camping Season, Don t Forget to Menstruate! Or, Man the Hunter and Woman the Menstruator
Stories by Kate Clancy
I am Dr. Kate Clancy, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. On top of being an academic, I am a mother, a wife, an athlete, a labor activist, a sister, and a daughter. My beautiful blog banner was made by Jacqueline Dillard. Context and variation together help us understand humans (and any other species) as complicated. But they also help to show us that biology is not immutable, that it does not define us from the moment of our birth. Rather, our environment pushes and pulls our genes into different reaction norms that help us predict behavior and physiology. But, as humans make our environments, we have the ability to change the very things that change us. We often have more control over our biology than we may think.
The SciencesJuly 5, 2012
Happy Blogiversary! Ladybusiness Anthropology Wears Many Hats
The SciencesJune 29, 2012
Make Yourself Accountable
The SciencesJune 28, 2012
On Bad First Drafts
HealthJune 15, 2012
What the CDC and WHO Know about Young Girls and Hormonal Contraceptives
The SciencesJune 6, 2012
Which came first, rewarding outreach or doing it? On chickens, eggs, and overworked scientists
The SciencesMay 31, 2012
Link love: Parenting, SCIENCE, Boobs and Other Objects
The SciencesMay 23, 2012
Belieber or Thiever: Who came first, Bieber or this scientist?
EvolutionMay 16, 2012
Happy Mother s Day: To All the Allomothers
EvolutionMay 10, 2012
Trade Time and Energy So You Can Live Slow, Reproduce Fast
EnvironmentMay 1, 2012
I Can Out-Interdiscipline You: Anthropology and the Biocultural Approach
EvolutionApril 27, 2012
Why We Shouldn't Prescribe Hormonal Contraception to 12 Year Olds
EvolutionApril 18, 2012
Your Ability to Handle Your Environment is Correlated with your Hormones
EvolutionApril 10, 2012
American Association of Physical Anthropology Meetings this week: Portland, Oregon
EvolutionMarch 30, 2012
Building Babies: Interview with Julienne Rutherford
EvolutionMarch 28, 2012
Building Babies: Interview with Katie Hinde
HealthMarch 9, 2012
Retrograde Reactions: Lady in the Field on the Aftermath of Sexual Misconduct
HealthMarch 2, 2012
Vaginal pH Redux: Primate Vaginal Microbial Communities and Your Health
HealthFebruary 28, 2012
Vaginal pH Redux: Broader Perspectives on Douching, Race and Lime Juice
EvolutionFebruary 24, 2012
Vaginal pH Redux: Acidic Tampons, Coming to a Store Near You
The SciencesFebruary 23, 2012
Roller derby athletes hip check science stereotypes #iamscience
EvolutionFebruary 13, 2012
There Will Be Blood: Follow Up to Skeptically Speaking Podcast
The SciencesFebruary 2, 2012
Duke University Talk Next Week: "Sex, Gender and Controversy: Writing Science as a Woman"
The SciencesJanuary 30, 2012
From the Field: Hazed Tells Her Story of Harassment