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Tenure, She Wrote
I’m really excited to be part of the new collaborative blog, Tenure, She Wrote. Check out the inaugural post on mentoring by Acclimatrix and read about all the other cool women involved.
While you’re waiting for the bus
Stuff worth reading Sky Deutschland to broadcast adverts directly into train passengers’ heads – Telegraph DO NOT LIKE No, manufacturing jobs won’t revive the economy Now that we’ve all but destroyed unions, it’s time to bring those manufacturing jobs back! The real problem with gen y There are no real jobs I was a Manic Pixie Dream Girl It […]
What you really mean to your employer
“You go out and buy a bag of screws, you’re confident they’re all going to work with very little exceptions,” he said. “People on the other hand… they are all over the map.” via No, manufacturing jobs won’t revive the economy – Salon.com.
Double bind
Young women in traditional colleges are responding to the need to be better educated than their male counterparts, even if that means working for less money. The women I interview are earning the most expensive, most contested of all college credentials not to be competitive but to survive. via Gender, Race, And Going To Class: […]
Tuesday Shoesday
The electrified brain: the power and promise of neural implants | The Verge
“I forgot what normal was,” she says with a smile. “I don’t even remember it.” via The electrified brain: the power and promise of neural implants | The Verge.
Don’t blame expensive end of life care on atheists
Not talking about death only makes it more lonely and frightening | Giles Fraser | Comment is free | The Guardian. People are trying to have better conversations about death rather than resorting to platitudes or avoidance. This is good. But Fraser is a bit misleading when he talks about cost as motivation for these […]