Results for: queer parenting
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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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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.”
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Queered Science: NOGLSTP’s Rochelle Diamond Forged A Path For All of Us
If any of you have ever experienced homophobia in the workplace or queer-related adversity in your personal life and moved on (ahem, way too many of us), then you need to know Rochelle Diamond’s life story.
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Queered Science: Ms. Dr. Joseph Digs Derby and Dragonflies
For this week’s profile we have one of your very own: Ms. Dr. Joseph L. Simonis, Autostraddler, roller derby player, and population ecologist at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago.
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Queered Science: Why Social Justice and STEM Fields Should Hang Out More Often
“There is no space for subjects that could be classified as social, like talking about inequalities. Of course, this is a false differentiation, because there is really no way to entirely separate the two — social dynamics are just as important as technical abilities.”