crystaljewell
Crystal Jewell, 25 year old grad student
crystaljewell

Don’t feel bad.  Plan B does block implantation of fertilized eggs.  The author of this piece is mistaken.

I’m sure there were points in that marriage where Hillary had “Go Your Own Way” stuck in her head. The Clintons’ marriage has endured, and I’m sure it’s loving, and I admire that...but it’s definitely had its very public low points.

“There is a substantial difference in the course the nation will follow between Biden and Trump.”

Neither major American political party pretends to offer anything but a lazy rehash of old ideas. I feel foolish for believing virtue and intelligence and originality count for anything in America and will feel free to behave selfishly and stupidly and unorginally in the future because there’s no reason not to.

I was thinking a lot yesterday about how unhappy I was in academia. The day after we submitted a grant that eventually will net my PIs and 2 institutions 3 million dollars (it was delayed due to the 2018-2019 government shutdown), one that I worked my ass off on to get the data for and to read and provide feedback

123 slaves.

American society is both misogynistic and anti-science. Proven by the fact the impeached imbecile in the White House hates and fears both women and science and yet remains inexplicably popular to this day. It is the mob mentality, don’t trust smart people and don’t listen to women. Combining the two makes you double

Indeed, it is a lie. This pandemic is making it even more painfully obvious how fucked up the game really is for the average person. There may still be some hope of changing it, buuuuut....maybe not.