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New in our electronic collection:

➡️ Synthetic Frontiers: Ocean Plastic and the Persistence of Trash Islands

🔗 https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/15813.001.0001

"Bringing feminist science and technology studies approaches to materiality together with hydrohumanities critiques of terracentrism, Kim De Wolff shows how ocean plastic pollution is shaped by land/water divides and the fluidities that defy them."

#Ocean #OceanPlastic #OpenAccess #OpenScience #Book #Books #Bookstodon #Pollution #FeministScience #Environment

Headlines Africa Jun 2, 2025

Africa: Sexism in Science - 7 Women Whose Trailblazing Work Shattered Stereotypes: [The Conversation Africa] Seven women were part of a trailblazing network of feminist scientists in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s in the Boston area in the US. Christa Kuljian is a science writer and historian of science who focuses much of her research on issues of science and society, gender and race. She is… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TL6JsN #WomenInScience #GenderEquality #FeministScience #Trailblazers #WomenEmpowerment

Anne Fausto Sterling Jan 2, 2024

A little more on Evelyn Fox Keller. "Mathematical biologist, philosopher and historian of science who challenged the vision of science as a masculine activity"
#evelynfoxkeller #philosophyofscience #philosophyofbiology #historyofscience #feministscience #scienceandtechnologystudies #genderandscience

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03819-4

and

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)02838-6/fulltext

Evelyn Fox Keller (1936–2023), philosopher who questioned gender roles in science

Mathematical biologist, philosopher and historian of science who challenged the vision of science as a masculine activity.

Anne Fausto Sterling Oct 11, 2023

Another day, another missing woman in science "this narrative of scientific discovery is missing Mojsov who also published early papers on GLP-1. She later fought to be added to crucial patents that initially omitted her."
#womeninscience #feministscience #missingwomen #creditwherecreditisdue
https://www.science.org/content/article/her-work-paved-way-blockbuster-obesity-drugs-now-she-s-fighting-recognition

Anne Fausto Sterling Mar 19, 2023

#FeministScience continues to change our knowledge of #sexualselection
"Darwin’s descriptions of females were gender-biased, but bias in current sexual selection research is less recognized. The history of sexual selection research shows that research starts with male-centered investigations or explanations [but] the incidence of female precedence is low. This history provides an illustrative example by which we can learn 2 recognize biases & identify gaps in knowledge."
http://europepmc.org/article/MED/36379954

ProfPhoebe Nov 8, 2022

#Introduction Hi, everybody! I am a #microbiology professor at a #PUI #SLAC. I'm interested in #InfectiousDisease, #MolecularBiology, #Virology, and #FeministScience. Check out my award-winning book about #Viruses: https://www.amazon.com/Molecular-Cellular-Biology-Viruses-Lostroh/dp/0815345232