Mary

Mary Brock works as an Immunology scientist by day and takes care of a pink-loving princess child by night. She likes cloudy days, crafting, cooking, and Fall weather in New England.
  • Quickies

    Quickies: Trans TV Show, GoFundMe Bans Abortion-Related Funds, and Wonder Woman

    In ‘Transparent,’ Transgender Issues Are A Family Affair – “Transparent is a comedy-drama that centers on a family and their lives following the discovery that their father, whom they’d known as Mort (played by Jeffrey Tambor of Arrested Development fame) is a transgender woman named named Maura.” I might check this out! GoFundMe bans abortion-related campaigns, is fine with supporting…

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  • Feminism

    Guest Post: Insight into the Lives of the Intersexed

    Editor’s Note: You may remember Amy’s last guest post about the Invisible Intersexed Community. Next, she tackles what it feels like to be diagnosed as intersexed (with a female identity).  ****** There are some things about being intersexed that straight-gendered people wouldn’t fully understand because they will never have these particular combinations of experiences themselves. I am going to provide…

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    Quickies: GamerGate, Heating Pads, and Stink Labs

    5 Things I Learned as the Internet’s Most Hated Person – “I made the mistake of dating a guy who would later go on to write a several-act manifesto about my alleged sex life and post it to every forum he could create a handle for. Normally, this would blow over with little more than a “whoa, check out THAT…

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    Quickies: Asteroid Rights, Koch Money, and Misogyny in the Atheist Movement

    Will Misogyny Bring Down The Atheist Movement? – “The continuing debate over a murky sexual encounter at a 2008 convention for cheekily anti-establishment skeptics underscores a broader dilemma: How can a progressive, important intellectual community behave so poorly towards its female peers?” (If you haven’t already read this, you should.) The Death of Adulthood in American Culture – “In suggesting…

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  • Cross-Post: Ask the right question: #whydoesheabuse?

    Editor’s Note: This cross-post is written by Steph of Grounded Parents. To read the full post and to leave comments, click through the link at the end.  ****** As the country reels after another stunning high profile story of domestic violence hits the media, I am moved to tears reading the brave stories of #whyistayed and #whyileft. Everyone should take…

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    Quickies: Ray Rice, Science Funding, and Ghosts

    What the Ray Rice Video Really Shows – The New Yorker sums up the hypocrisy of the reaction about the video where Ray Rice abuses his fiance. (Content warning: domestic violence.) U.S. Science Suffering From Booms And Busts In Funding – “Nationwide, about 16 percent of scientists with sustaining (known as ‘R01’) grants in 2012 lost them the following year, according to…

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    Quickies: Rejected Princesses, LGBT Youth Homelessness, and Stolen Nude Selfies

    No Tiara, No Problem: ‘Rejected Princesses’ Have Stories Worth Telling – “Many of us have come to know the tales of Disney’s princesses by heart. But put Snow White, Cinderella, Belle and Ariel aside for a moment and consider these characters: A transgender Native American, a tank commander and a Mexican revolutionary.” Jogging US Marshal kicks man in the crotch,…

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  • Feminism

    Guest Post: Coming Out as Feminist

    Editor’s Note: Today’s post, by Chris (who also blogs at Grounded Parents), was written a while ago about finally coming to terms with the identity “feminist.” ****** I’m tired. I’m tired of tiptoeing around labels because “it politicizes the issue.”  I’m going to have to put up with “what about the menz” and MRA manifestos of ignorance regardless; I may…

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