Archive for December, 2011

Warning: linked posts have, and quote, misogynist commentary.

15yo atheist woman posts pic of herself with Carl Sagan book to the atheism sub-reddit. Misogynist jokes about rape, women’s appearance, women’s intelligence, women’s attention-seeking follow.

This week’s Wednesday Geek Woman is Fan Chung, leading combinatorics and graph theory researcher, and Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at UC San Diego.

I agree that having multiple “identities” is a huge asset to my work and creative abilities, bu I feel like… why are they making such a big deal about this, as if it’s some hugely abnormal thing. Why do people insist on compartmentalizing people into single skill sets?

I am sad, still sad, continually endlessly sad and angry at the way everyone else’s narratives collude to obscure Nina and her life.

This week’s Wednesday Geek Woman is Annie Jump Cannon, luminary in astronomical research and stellar classification.

Or as my sister put it, Algonquin + Darth Vader + Christmas. This is an open thread for general discussion on any topic, so feel free to post your own favourite geeky Christmas videos or ...

Angela Zhang of Cupertino won a $100,000 scholarship for her cancer fighting research. In her project, Zhang aimed to design a targeted gold and iron oxide-based nanoparticle with the potential to eradicate cancer stem cells ...