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When I was seven or so, I remember watching TV shows like “Three’s Company” and “M*A*S*H” and listening to AM radio playing songs like “Afternoon Delight”, “Undercover Angel” and “Kiss You All Over”. I didn’t really get the adult content. My parents didn’t fuss about it or change the channel. Sure, they wouldn’t let me Continue reading (Conservative) Parents Just Don’t Understand Some say that there just aren’t enough scientists out there. We need to get kids motivated to be scientists, especially women! Although I agree wholeheartedly in promoting science education, there is another side to the story. Some claim that we have too many scientists coming out of graduate school. And to a 6th year grad Continue reading To the Young Ladies, and Men, in Science “You’re about to start an incredible journey of self-discovery.” Red flags are flying and sirens are wailing in my head. I was sitting with a group of 60 women on the first day of a leadership development program for women in state government. To my skeptical ears, it’s sounding more like a New Age-y, self-help Continue reading Incredible Journey of Self-Discovery?Or Skeptical Red Flag? Funnily enough, it was through the Australian writer John Marsden’s series Tomorrow, When the War Began that I was introduced to the notion of an “Ellie”. Ellie the warrior. Ellie the resistance-fighter. Ellie the sensitive, a leader, resilient in the face of enormous odds. Ellie in that series is a Continue reading A Girl Called Ellie – Carl Sagan’s Ellie Arroway |
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