Your creative contract needs to address these 3 things
Every creative collaboration should have a contract. Let’s talk about 3 options in your creative contract and the pros and cons to each option.
Devaluing Art Hurts Our Ability to Communicate Science
Science art has the power to improve science, yet you haven’t yet hired an artist? The solution isn’t as complicated as you’d think.
New Year, New Who? How to make and keep resolutions you can actually reach.
It’s no secret that many people set unrealistic goals for the new year. Let’s talk about what a reasonable goal looks like and how to reach them!
New global health guidelines may kill transgender people
I know that title sounds dramatic, but bear with me, because transgender lives are at stake.
If you aren’t aware, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently announced changes to gender non-conformity guidelines. These guidelines remove “gender identity disorder” (GID) as a “mental disorder”. Instead, the guidelines have been moved into the sexual health portion of global health guidelines.
At first glance, this seems like a good thing. There are more than a few trans* activist groups that have worked diligently for this move. However, I believe that this will make it harder for trans* people (especially people of color and poor trans* people) to access proper medical care.
Understanding Pipeline is Essential for Success
My art career was shaped by my lack of accessibility to a pipeline that would have led me to a job. The same can be said of my scientific career. In this post, I discuss what an ideal pipeline looks like.
Our sexual harassment problem from the eyes of a transman
I was born female and transitioned to full-time male in my 20s. I think people would like to believe that society treated me the same, but that’s absolutely not true. I’m treated very differently by men, by women, by almost everyone. This is why I felt this post on sexual harassment was important.
5 Tips to Keep Moving Forward
Some days are really tough. Sometimes those days stretch out to weeks or months or more. Here are 5 tips for moving forward during dark times.
Stand Up to Authority with These 3 Steps
Afraid of authority? Stand up to authority with 3 steps to empowerment!
This piece of advice changed my life, but not in the way intended
I had a past that told me that I had to do whatever it took to reach the end of the road I was stuck on. But this piece of advice helped me realize that I can veer off course to find the path that’s right for me.
Mental Health: Silence When Things are Bad
Mental health issues impact my life as a PhD student as well as my future life as a scientist. Let’s talk about the impact these issues have and how we can create a community that fosters scientists who have chronic depression and anxiety.
What you need to know about failure in science
In science, we fail all the time. But we don’t talk about it nearly as much. Here’s what you need to know about failure in science.
Redefining Diversity in Science
There is a lot of discussion in science right now about diversity (though not nearly enough). I’d like to focus today on, 1) how I define diversity and 2) what diversity does for science.
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