Inside Higher Ed has an interesting interview with Professors Kelly Ward (Washington State University) and Lisa Wolf-Wendel (University of Kansas) the authors of the new book Academic Motherhood: How Faculty Manage Work and Family ...
Readers of this blog are likely already aware of Naomi Wolf’s book Vagina: A New Biography . I’m late to the party, because it just seemed wrong to pile on a feminist more senior to me who, though misguided, is at least working towards equality for women...
It’s that time of year when I take stock of how many more times I’ll be away from my family before the semester is through. I’ve pared things down quite a bit this year after traveling too much last year, and so my talks are semi-local, but open to the public...
Writing down all the factors in our sporting or academic lives in which we have no control is a bit disempowering. You mean I’m up against all that, and there isn’t anything I can do?Except that there is!...
For me, roller derby began with a very steep learning curve. I didn’t know how to skate, I didn’t know the rules, and so every practice left me physically and mentally exhausted.
A paper that came out on August 20th in PNAS suggests a factor in semen that could induce ovulation. The idea that this could happen isn’t new, but identification of the factor that might do it certainly is...
Building Babies: Primate Development in Proximate and Ultimate Perspective was a macrosomic fetus* that took quite a few twists and turns down the pelvic canal to finally be born.
Trigger warning: discussion of violence against women. I’ve received a number of questions over email and Twitter about the statistics I mention at the end of my last post...
Trigger warning: discussion of violence against women and graphic mention of miscarriage. So Congressperson Todd Akin of Missouri has said some interesting things.
Not an impostorI think I started blogging because of impostor syndrome. Impostor syndrome, for those unfamiliar with the term, is when an individual feels she doesn’t belong or deserve her accomplishments...
Thursday 26th July saw the launch of SciLogs.com, a new English language science blog network. SciLogs.com, the brand-new home for Nature Network bloggers, forms part of the SciLogs international collection of blogs which already exist in German, Spanish and Dutch...
Yesterday: I submitted an NSF CAREER proposal on the reproductive ecology and life history of peri-menarcheal girls I submitted a manuscript on transvaginal ultrasounds and stress to a gynecology journal, and I submitted an IRB (Human Subjects Committee) proposal...
The idea for this post came from a question I received when a guest on Skeptically Speaking: is menstrual blood an attractant to bears? Scicurious has since covered that paper in her usual delightful way, and I’m going to focus more on cultural issues and deer...
I wear a few different hats in the science blogosphere:Clockwise from bottom yellow hat (because that one is so obviously a feminist hat): Angry Feminist, Unpacker of Bad Science, Metablogger on Academic Life, Science Blogger to a Broad Audience, Science Blogger to My Anthropology Peeps...
My greatest insecurity as an assistant professor is scientific writing and publishing. My training and abilities were already somewhat strong in teaching and mentoring, as well as planning, conducting and analyzing research...
This post first appeared on my old blog on March 16, 2011. I'm writing a post tomorrow relevant to this topic so thought I would re-post it today, to have it fresh in my reader's minds.
I am slowly working on a book chapter on adolescent hormonal contraception, based on this blog post and conference presentation. I wanted to share some findings for your perusal.
Scicurious recently identified exactly where the whole “all scientists need to get off their butts and do outreach” meme sticks in my craw: not only are we overworked, but these behaviors go unrewarded...
I’ve accumulated a number of interesting readings over the last few weeks, most related in at least some way to ladybusiness, and I thought I would give my readers a chance to procrastinate too...
Posters are one of the first ways junior scientists learn to communicate information. In high school students use those three-part poster boards for science fairs.
