Trans-Exclusionary Feminism is not Feminism“There is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women.” — Madeleine AlbrightOct 22, 2024Oct 22, 2024
My Battle With My Physics Identity: Am I Actually (Almost) a Physicist?When I was young, I was adamant that I would always hate science. Despite loving math, science just didn’t make sense to me and it was…Oct 16, 2024Oct 16, 2024
Femininity and Intelligence: What, Am I Not Supposed To Be Smart?“What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.” — Madeleine AlbrightDec 22, 20231Dec 22, 20231
The Saviours of my Graduate Experience: The Amazing Members of my Research GroupI have heard many a horror story of terrible research groups for folks during their graduate school experiences, and so I wanted to briefly…Nov 9, 2023Nov 9, 2023
5 Outstanding Women Who Were Robbed of a Nobel PrizeThe 2023 Nobel Prizes were announced from October 2nd–9th. This is an exciting time of year, when outstanding contributions in physics…Nov 6, 2023Nov 6, 2023
Science and Femininity: Implicit Gender Biases Which Dictate Our Societal View of Sub-Fields in…For a very long time, fields in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, otherwise known as STEM, were considered the jobs of…Oct 3, 2023Oct 3, 2023
Unpaid Internships Need to GoIn the summer after I had completed my second year of undergraduate studies, I had no success in finding a summer job related to my field…Sep 26, 2023Sep 26, 2023
Imposter Syndrome: If Everyone Feels It, Why Aren’t We Talking About It?The most common line that I hear whenever someone talks about imposter syndrome is “everyone feels like an imposter at some point in their…Sep 24, 2023Sep 24, 2023
Extraordinary Women Versus Ordinary Men: The Harmful Double Standard Keeping Women Out Of…“If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.” — Margaret ThatcherSep 20, 20232Sep 20, 20232
Elitism in STEM: Deserved or Detrimental? (The Answer is Detrimental)Everyone knows someone in science or engineering who fits the stereotypical description of being arrogant and condescending. Not everyone…Sep 17, 2023Sep 17, 2023