I know these people exist, but they always baffle me. Jesus Hemophagocytic Christ, evolution is what gives us all the cool tools we have and any understanding we have of biological systems. It’s the only reason the field works beyond description! If you’re a biologist, you can’t do your job properly without evolution.…

Right? It’s decided. No kids. Nope.

You probably ruled out lots of scrubs as a result - can’t say it’s a terrible criterion!

What the HELL? GOD I hated my high school but I’m glad I escaped that. You know there were young women who had been assaulted in that class too who had to sit and listen to that BS.

You’re awesome :) I hope some of your male students got something new to think about that day, and your female students took away some strength they can keep with them when defining themselves.

I agree with what you’re saying, and while I found some of the language in the article to be frustrating, I also appreciated it to a degree. Like, some of those pearl-clutchers can at least see the value in this kind of research, you know? I appreciated hearing from a researcher with slightly different points of view…

Yeah, my parents have that! Their copy of Class Struggle was from the early 80s, from some LES bookstore. I like the advanced rules for bringing in gender and race as part of the game.

Ugh, that sucks! Even more widespread than I thought :(

New Jersey Ivy, by any chance? This was common but under-the-table knowledge about the counseling services at my undergrad university. Don’t go to them for anything truly dire or they’ll kick you out to not tarnish their image.

It’s nice to hear that this system works for a married couple! My boyfriend and I have a shared account for rent, utilities, groceries ... I’m hoping if we become more official that it stays this way.

I hear this so much. Right now most of my frustration comes from experiments that won’t DO WHAT I WANT DAMMIT and from the job market, but yeah, I get a slightly sinking ‘oh lord what am I signing up for’ every time I hear about one of these stories after a 12-hour day in lab. I get some comfort from my immediate…

While that’s true, it’s really hard to fully understand and participate in entire fields when you don’t understand or are not properly taught about the age of the universe and evolution. Astrophysics doesn’t make a lot of sense without the former, and biology is a hot mess without the latter. All aspects of biology -…

Grad school sympathy hug. You can do it!

Internalized misogyny is sadly a thing. If you’re raised to believe you’re lesser, treated like you’re lesser for years from family, friends, and partners, often it sinks into your heart and you start to believe it. I bet other women can talk about their experiences with this better than I can.

And by love you mean it would make your heart harden with rage? that’s what it would do to me, as instructive as it would be.

What a stone cold badass! Can she be my patron saint?

I grew up in suburban NY and went to college in NJ and am enjoying this story so, so much.

Sounds familiar - I think I got my undergrad degree from that university. I grew up solidly middle class (broke-ish artist-ish parents that managed to keep us housed, clothed, and driven around in a cheap suburb) and boy was I in for a rude awakening about money! Since most people lived on campus and many didn't have…

This sounds super fun, and I'm looking forward to the posts over here!

Ha, I remember wondering the same thing when I was about 4, but not because of a Nova special - because of this great book I had called The Body Book. It was big and full of pictures and for kids, but it also had a lot of detail and was pretty accurate. I think I read the chapters on pregnancy and development over and…