Sex, Gender, and Controversy, a #scio12 WRAPUP
By Scicurious
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American
Sci has returned from Science online 2012, which was a fabulous time full of excellent, thought provoking conversations...and some videos of goose semen collection.
Kate Clancy and I moderated a fantastic (if I do say so myself) panel on Sex, Gender and Controversy, how we handle blogging topics that we feel are risky. Attendee Marissa has written up a wonderful Storify on the subject which we wanted to share, talking about what our session discussed and adding in the excellent contributions from the audience. And we'd love to add even more! Please feel free to contact us with any of your thoughts on the session.
[View the story "Duck sex: blogging risky topics" on Storify]
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And previous posts in preparation for the session:
Scicurious' origin story
Kate's take on Sex Gender and Controversy
And our takes on the "Deep Thinking Hebephile": Here and Here.
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