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Women in Science: How the Dark Can Lead to Superconductors
My name is Sasha Ishmael, and I’m quietly admitting that I am afraid of the dark…Please don’t tell anyone. One of my most dreaded early memories as a child was being without electrical power. I grew...
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International Women’s Day: How Will YOU Celebrate?
I don’t “celebrate” International Women’s Day because I think every day is a day for women. I don’t march because I have no faith that a single day of marching makes a damn bit of difference. Remember...
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On Senator Barbara Mikulski, Cancer, and Feminism
When I recently heard that Barbara Mikulski’s announcement that she is not going to run for another term in the U.S. Senate, after serving there for over 25 years, I started thinking about when she...
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Women in Science: The Psychology of Confidence
My name is Jeni L. Burnette and I am an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at NC State University. I am a social psychologist, in the psychology in the public interest area. In...
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Dear LEGO, We Want The Supreme Court Women’s Legal Justice League Set for Our...
Maia Weinstock, a deputy editor at MIT News, recently created a custom LEGO set called the “Legal Justice League”, showcasing the four women who have been the only female U.S. Supreme Court Justices,...
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Women in Science: Embracing Tattoos & Social Media in the Name of Science
G’day! My name is Rebecca Goulter and I manage Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus’s food virology lab in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at NC State. I am also the Associate Director of...
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Women in Science: When it Comes to Robotics, It’s Not Just About Ironman
My name is He (Helen) Huang. I am an associate professor in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at NC State University and UNC-Chapel Hill and the director for the NCSU/UNC Rehabilitation...
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Hillary’s Listening Tour Makes Media Angry. Poor Babies!
Hillary is talking! She’s finally talking! The Hillary campaign has finally announced that she will make her first major stump speech on June 13 and some members of the press are jumping up and down...
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Welcome to “The Casual Feminist”
There’s nothing casual about our new monthly column – The Casual Feminist! This column sounded like a fantastic idea, as I smarted off to a friend over coffee. “Omigod, I should write about being a...
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“Lay, Lady, Lay”: Sex and The Pill in The Seventies
The take-home message was clear in the 1970s: if you wanted to compete, to stay in school, pursue a career, or get a great education, you would have to meet men at the table on equal footing....
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Women on the $10 Bill: What Happened to Women on 20s?
Wait! A woman was supposed to be the $20 bill. So what happened? Woohoo! Champagne and fireworks, streamers and confetti! Let’s break out the booze and have a ball because The United States Treasury...
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Why Would Anyone Call Hillary a Bitch?
When men say to me that the presidency has nothing to do with gender I become unglued. The presidency has everything to do with gender. “Hillary needs to be trashed at every opportunity that presents...
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Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Have a “Hamptons Problem.” Reporters Making Their...
Why do I care so much about the media double standards for Hillary Clinton? Because it’s a slippery sexist slope from HRC to the rest of us. The pantsuits. The hair. Yes, the cleavage. It’s nothing new...
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Women in Science: How Can You See the Insects From Up There?
Some little kids might not love insects, but I’m ready to teach them that bugs are great! This post was written by De Anna Beasley, a postdoctoral researcher at NC State. My name is De Anna Beasley....
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Saying Hillary Clinton Should Ditch Bill is Really Asking This —“Why Does She...
To suggest that Hillary Clinton stands a better chance of prevailing in November 2016 by kicking William J. to the curb, because voters are incapable of seeing HRC as her own person is, in a word,...
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A Love Letter to Bree Newsome—America’s Newest Sister Superhero
Black women rarely get to be heroes. We are too often viewed as problems. Too black. Too big. Too strong. Too sexual. Too brazen. Too poor. Too single. Too much. Black women got problems. But we are...
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Just a White Girl From the Suburbs
I’m just a white girl from the suburbs and I am afraid my voice isn’t much, but I try to lend it to the fray when I see things. I have decided that to say nothing is much worse than saying something...
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Dear LEGO, We Want The Supreme Court Women’s Legal Justice League Set for Our...
Maia Weinstock, a deputy editor at MIT News, recently created a custom LEGO set called the “Legal Justice League”, showcasing the four women who have been the only female U.S. Supreme Court Justices,...
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Women in Science: Embracing Tattoos & Social Media in the Name of Science
G’day! My name is Rebecca Goulter and I manage Dr. Lee-Ann Jaykus’s food virology lab in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences at NC State. I am also the Associate Director of...
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