Becoming the Mentor I Want to Be vs. the Mentor I Need to Be

And how to not ask questions like a girl…

Last week I attended a memorial for a physician and scientist in my field. This man had died far too young, but despite his short…

Hug vs. Handshake

Navigating salutations as an (attempted) non-creepy dude

Dr. Isis’s Feminist Awakening: Understanding the Patriarchy in Scientific Academia

This tale of zygotes and whoa begins about seven years ago when I was a Ph.D student at a major research university. I was in my late twenties in a department with relatively few women…

The most beautiful inventor in the world

The actress Hedy Lamarr was once widely considered the most…

A Comic-ly Happy Ending

How one badass woman took on the comic industry’s sexism and won.

An Introduction to the Inner Workings of LadyBits

Daddy Issues: The More Things Stay the Same (Tech Edition)

Twenty years on, turns out Web didn’t…

Breakout from the Teahouse

 A single woman’s meditation on the charms and choices of geisha

Weiner Rises!

Why Anthony Weiner shouldn’t have resigned from Congress and should run for mayor