I Had Two Ultrasounds This Morning
I had two ultrasounds this morning. Your standard, fill-your-bladder-and-let-them-press-really-hard-because-haha, ultrasound, and a transvaginal ultrasound. So, obviously, the intent was to stare at my...
View ArticleA Million and One Little Pieces, Minus the Million
I expected to fly into approximately a million little pieces, give or take, by about 3pm Friday afternoon. In fact, I was so convinced that this was going to happen I began pulling things together to...
View ArticleFound Those Million-odd Pieces
Oh, I was doing so well until I wasn’t. But at least when I wasn’t, I was really committed to it. I’m not sure what threw the anxiety into overdrive today, but by about 10am I was a quivering mess. …...
View ArticleNot a Privilege but a Right
A version of this post should have been up before Christmas, but technology decided to take a holiday a bit before the rest of us. …and then there was the time the WordPress wasn’t actually publishing...
View ArticleEnd of Year Reflections – Or, Why You Can Blame Carl
In my religious tradition, the end of the year is a time for reflection and contemplation; what happened over the course of the year, how will it influence your upcoming year, what lessons did you...
View ArticleThe Exploratorium
The first time I dissected a cow eye, I was at The Exploratorium in San Francisco, a fantastic science museum that was housed on an absolutely beautiful campus, a part of the Palace of Fine Arts. Those...
View ArticleRevoking Power in the Face of Harassment
Like many people, my head is swirling. It’s been a heady, deep, painful, traumatic, confusing week–and my inclination is to make a joke here about the debt ceiling crisis that was resolved last night....
View ArticleRevoking Power Redux
Last night was interesting. There was embarrassing praise and flattery, a few trolls, a debate over my use of the word “must” instead “should,” and quiet, thoughtful support and disagreement from...
View ArticleIs Science Online a Con or a Conference?
As is inevitable in a situation like this, the dialog around Bora Zivkovic’s harassment of women has moved beyond his actions and resignations, and is now looking at the larger community and what sort...
View ArticleSuggestions Forward for Science Online (“Where Do We Go From Here?”)
In the wake of Bora Zivkovic’s multiple resignations last week (amazing index here, if you were out on a research cruise and missed it), I was asked if I was going to participate in offering further...
View ArticleDear @Twitter: I don’t want your head, but can I borrow your ear?
As just about everyone who uses Twitter is likely aware, on Thursday the company attempted to roll out changes to the “block” feature. Instead of the previous policy, which didn’t allow blocked users...
View ArticleChildless: My Joy is Another’s Grief; Don’t Conflate the Two
This morning, CNN1 ran a piece on misunderstandings and stereotypes of childless women called “Check your ‘cat-lady’ preconceptions about childless women.” Naturally, it’s full of preconceptions,...
View ArticleOne Year
One year ago, I married my very favourite person on this planet-and one of the best people I’ve ever met. It’s been a hell of a year, but I wouldn’t change it for anything. Happy anniversary, mine...
View ArticleHuman Beings are Cruel Things–The Internet Didn’t Create That
There seems to be a new, public wave of hand-wringing over technology changing us, making us mean or cruel. People cry out that the only reason women receive rape and death threats online is because of...
View ArticleI Don’t Wear Scarves (Memoriam: Mom)
It was warm and hazy when I woke up this morning, the room oddly yellow for the time of year, motes floating lazily through the dayspring light. Blinking sleepily, I saw Mom laying next to me, saw her...
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