Reality TV show Big Brother has just started its eleventh and final series in the UK. BBUK has a chat show that airs after each episode, Big Brother Big Mouth. The format of BBBM is that there are two or… Read More ›
Day: 2010-06-10
Femmostroppo Reader – June 10, 2010
Items of interest found recently in my RSS feed. What did I miss? Please share what you've been reading (and writing!) in the comments. Maureen Dowd…gets it right? – “If I believed, as our culture seems to, that men are… Read More ›
Guest Post by Alisa Krasnostein: The Invisibility of Women in Science Fiction
Over the last couple of years, there has been increasing discussion online about the ongoing gender disparity in science fiction (SF). We still see low representations of women in science fiction magazines and anthologies, many awards shortlists, and in criticism of the genre. One of the issues that has become apparent is that those who commentate and review the genre wield much power in directing what works get read and recognised. To me, this seems like a significant wall that needs to be broken down in the quest to see women equally respected and represented in this genre.
Sex Bias in BioMedicine
Women remain vastly underrepresented in biomedical research despite significant differences in the way they experience many diseases, medications and therapies compared to men. Despite federal mandates to include women in studies, there is much that still needs to be done, says Teresa Woodruff, a leading women’s health scientist at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in a June 9 commentary in the journal Nature.
Thursday Cheezburger: It’s a Hoax!
Today’s Cheezburger theme is: Hoaxes and Conspiracies.
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Quickhit: new discoveries on the genetics of autism
The search for the genetic underpinnings of autism spectrum disorder has just yielded a new set of clues. In the largest study to date, the Autism Genome Project consortium reports that people with autism have more copy number variants – segments of DNA that have been either duplicated or deleted – in their genes.
Hoyden About Town 