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Trans inclusion in the biology classroom — Jess McLaughlin
Trans inclusion in the biology classroom — Jess McLaughlin
One of my favorite parts of working at a university is getting to teach. I find biology utterly fascinating and magical, and getting to impart that to students is an incredible joy. Although I don’t currently teach in my position as a postdoc, I do spend a lot of time thinking about how to be a bett
·jfmclaughlin.org·
Trans inclusion in the biology classroom — Jess McLaughlin
A Philosopher’s Defense of Anger
A Philosopher’s Defense of Anger
The scholar Myisha Cherry discusses rage as a tool in the fight against racial injustice.
·newyorker.com·
A Philosopher’s Defense of Anger
We Asked Facial Symmetry Experts About the Science Behind Having a "Punchable Face"
We Asked Facial Symmetry Experts About the Science Behind Having a "Punchable Face"
For the past nine months, one topic has been at the forefront of our national conversation about the 2016 election: Ted Cruz's face. "Hating a face like that, the O.G. face made for punching, is actually super easy," Wonkette said of Cruz's…
·mic.com·
We Asked Facial Symmetry Experts About the Science Behind Having a "Punchable Face"
Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster's COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education • Protean Magazine
Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster's COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education • Protean Magazine
Free-market interests used fights over COVID protocols to further privatize K-12 education. Economist Emily Oster, whose research is funded by those groups, has laundered their ideologies and given them the imprimatur of science, write epidemiologists Abigail Cartus and Justin Feldman.
·proteanmag.com·
Motivated Reasoning: Emily Oster's COVID Narratives and the Attack on Public Education • Protean Magazine
Women Are Calling Out ‘Medical Gaslighting’
Women Are Calling Out ‘Medical Gaslighting’
Studies show female patients and people of color are more likely to have their symptoms dismissed by medical providers. Experts say: Keep asking questions.
·nytimes.com·
Women Are Calling Out ‘Medical Gaslighting’
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health
Nearly 30 percent of the teens surveyed said a parent or other adult in their home lost work during the pandemic, and a quarter struggled with hunger. Two-thirds said they had difficulty with schoolwork.
·washingtonpost.com·
‘A cry for help’: CDC warns of a steep decline in teen mental health
The Noom paradox
The Noom paradox
Noom is a diet app in an anti-diet moment.
·vox.com·
The Noom paradox
Jury Awards $450,000 to Man Fired Over Unwanted Office Birthday Party
Jury Awards $450,000 to Man Fired Over Unwanted Office Birthday Party
The man asked a manager not to have a party because he had an anxiety disorder. What followed spiraled into a legal dispute over whether the man had a panic attack or a violent outburst.
·nytimes.com·
Jury Awards $450,000 to Man Fired Over Unwanted Office Birthday Party
How a Race-Based Medical Formula Is Keeping Some Black Men in Prison
How a Race-Based Medical Formula Is Keeping Some Black Men in Prison
The formula, which helps estimate kidney health, has been discarded by many hospitals. But some judges still use it to decide whether to release those potentially endangered by Covid-19.
·nytimes.com·
How a Race-Based Medical Formula Is Keeping Some Black Men in Prison