Results for: queer parenting
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: A Tiny Dino With Rainbow Feathers
Women scientists on an Antarctic mission to save the planet, a history of Black scientists, a call on Twitter to create positive, non-sexist, and diverse science gifs featuring women and more!
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Nerd Utopias, Drone Sheep Videos, and a Penguin Expert
Did you know that you can avoid tangled headphones by winding the cord into figure eights? It’s true!
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3 Good Reasons Why Taxes Are a Queer Women’s Issue
Trump’s tax plan is historically regressive, setting up huge tax breaks that help wealthy men keep their wealth while queer women get nothing.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: All-Occasion Presents For Women In STEM
Being a woman in STEM is hard work every single day, and I’m ready for our collective efforts to be recognized. Down with the patriarchy! Presents for all occasions!
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: Pumpkin Spice Chemophobia And Men Calling Out Men
Also: 3D printed clitoris models, algae fuel, and scholarship opportunities.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer Recommends “Lab Girl”
Lab Girl by Hope Jahren is one of the most exquisite pieces of science writing I’ve ever read. As a researcher and professor of geobiology for the past 20 years, Jahren has earned accolades for her work. Here, she shares her passion.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: STEM Link Roundup
Bacteria paintings, bravery vs. perfection, and drag depictions of famous scientists singing that song from Wicked that they did on Glee.
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Meet Three Straddlers in STEM: Bessie, Adrienne and Thacher
“As a woman in a lab coat, you’re already defying society’s long held gender stereotypes; as a queer woman, even more so … I still think it takes guts to carve out an identity for yourself that doesn’t fit society’s assumptions, especially if you grew up in a highly conservative peer group like I did.”
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: On Comets and Caroline Herschel
A Cinderella story, with less bibbidi bobbidi and a lot more astronomy.
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Notes From A Queer Engineer: GoldieBlox and the Feminist
“I think the root of the problem is that our society immediately writes off anything perceived as feminine or relating to women. While funneling more women into STEM fields may produce marginal gains, it actually leaves the underlying issue — male privilege — largely untouched.”