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Opinion: We Need To Distinguish Between Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-Vax
  • Mar 7
  • 10 min

Opinion: We Need To Distinguish Between Vaccine Hesitancy and Anti-Vax

People who are hesitant have doubts that require answers, and scientists are perfectly placed to provide them with these.
Scientists Push Back Against Retracted Nature Communications Study on Women PIs
  • Jan 22
  • 5 min

Scientists Push Back Against Retracted Nature Communications Study on Women PIs

“None of this is surprising; it is consistent with a wide body of research documenting pernicious systematic and structural gender biases.”
“My Body is a Mystery to Me”: Vulvodynia in the Pandemic
  • Dec 8, 2020
  • 8 min

“My Body is a Mystery to Me”: Vulvodynia in the Pandemic

The pain increases the anxiety, and the anxiety increases the pain in a vicious cycle.
「我的身體對我來說就像一個謎」— 從新冠肺炎到外陰部痛症
  • Dec 8, 2020
  • 9 min

「我的身體對我來說就像一個謎」— 從新冠肺炎到外陰部痛症

身體越痛、心裡越擔心；心理越擔心、身體就越痛，形成了一個惡性的循環。
En Nicaragua, los Bosques y las Comunidades Indígenas se Enfrentan a una Amenaza
  • Dec 1, 2020
  • 9 min

En Nicaragua, los Bosques y las Comunidades Indígenas se Enfrentan a una Amenaza

“Como nicaragüense, tengo el derecho a la protección del estado y la defensa de mis derechos”
We are MENASA in STEM. We Belong.
  • Nov 8, 2020
  • 5 min

We are MENASA in STEM. We Belong.

In more extreme cases, education has kept many South Asian women from being married off.
COVID-19: A Force Multiplier for Poverty and Homelessness?
  • Oct 26, 2020
  • 8 min

COVID-19: A Force Multiplier for Poverty and Homelessness?

In a way, the COVID-19 pandemic is making homelessness more visible—forcing people out of shelters and causing them to opt to sleep outside.
9 Rules for the Black Female Birdwatcher
  • Jul 25, 2020
  • 3 min

9 Rules for the Black Female Birdwatcher

Birds flock together for safety and community; Black female birders MUST do the same and for similar reasons.
From Red to Purple to Fuchsia
  • Jul 18, 2020
  • 20 min

From Red to Purple to Fuchsia

With everyone strapped on their imaginary seat belts, the machine would turn on in three. Two. One.
What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino
  • Jun 28, 2020
  • 10 min

What It Means to Be a Black, Indigenous, Latino

There is nothing more fragile in this world than a fragile White man—and that is, tragically, most of them.
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