We were interested in Mad Hatter’s recent posts on women scientists with partners who don’t sympathize with the need to work long hours. For example, she writes: When I first entered grad school, I was surprised by the number of female PhD scientists I knew who did nearly all of the cooking, cleaning, grocery [...]
We cleaned the office at Dr. Medusa HQ today. (It really needed it.) One of our faculty colleagues looked in the door and said, “You cleaned up! It looks great. Will you do my office next?” We laughed, and said something like “Sure, anytime” with all the sarcasm we could muster. He was joking - but he [...]
The December Scientiae carnival has now been posted; this month’s theme is transcending the debate on women in science. We haven’t had time to read all the entries yet, but they look great.