What I don't understand is what's wrong with less white? I say this as someone who's as white as you can get without suffering from albinism. How can it possibly matter if the next generation is less white than this one? Or if more of your neighbours have darker skin than they used to? Why does this scare people?

I can claim no understanding of how my gender thinks this to be appropriate.

I personally am very registry-averse on my own behalf. I mean, I'm happy to comply with baby ones and even wedding ones, but I just feel like it's kind of tacky to Ask For Things.

This chopping board is a sure-fire way to give the pedantic microbiologist in your life a temper tantrum. Why is Ebola the biggest microbe on the chopping board?! Bacteria are bigger than viruses!!!

I'm pretty sure the cross-stitch one isn't a response to this summer's epidemic. I mean, maybe it's still upsetting to people right now, but cutesy microbe shit has been a very common result of the intersection between Science People and Pinterest Users for a long time. There was even a mainstream line of little…

Mini-skirts? Open-toed shoes? Any scientist would know that those outfits violate a number of Health and Safety Regulations. Savvy lady-scientists would opt for skin-tight leopard pants and over-the-knee patent leather boots!