We’ve been interested to read the discussion about women and science blogging that started after The Scientist asked readers to suggest their favorite life science blogs last September - and none of the blogs reviewed were written by women. Last week, Ivan Oransky followed up on this in a blog post at The Scientist. [...]
This is a story about Subfield A, Subfield B, and the differences between them. It’s a story about how slightly different subfields of science can have surprisingly different work climates. The background is this: we here at Dr. Medusa have scientific roots in two subfields that are quite different for women. Subfield A is my [...]
So, we haven’t posted in over a month. That transition between the end of last semester and the start of this one has been hellish. So sorry.