The Darkest Side of Fossil-Fuel Extraction
It leads to violence against, and the trafficking of, Native women
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It’s Time for a World without Gender
Let’s treat people based on who they are rather than on the form of their genitals
Women in Cybersecurity: Where We Are and Where We’re Going
Here’s how to bring gender equality to a thoroughly male-dominated field
The Darker Side of John Wesley Powell
Like other early American geologists, the man who explored the Colorado River did anthropologic research that presupposed the racial inferiority of Native Americans
Failure to Condemn: A Global Health Crisis Targeting Women Affects Us Here
Rep. Ilhan Omar missed an opportunity to call out the victimization of women and girls through female genital mutilation or cutting
The Hidden Figure in Climate Science
John Tyndall is credited with the link between carbon dioxide and climate—but Eunice Newton Foote got there first
Ghostpartum: Why Many Women Don’t Get the Sexual Health Care They Need
The many factors that impact a woman’s ability and desire to have intercourse after giving birth are rarely addressed during a standard postpartum visit
The Internet Is a Cesspool of Racist Pseudoscience
The author of Superior: The Return of Race Science knows this from firsthand experience
The Neurodiversity Movement Should Acknowledge Autism as a Medical Disability
Autism doesn’t have to define a person’s identity
Taking the Bias out of Pain Diagnosis
Objective measures of pain could help alleviate inequitable medical treatment
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