‘Scientists don’t care about truth anymore’: the climate crisis and rejection of science in Canada’s oil country
Interesting article by Timothy Haney, here.
A Thin Fad Is Becoming Life-Threatening for Chinese Women
Good article from VICE World News.
Universities Say They Want More Diverse Faculties. So Why Is Academia Still So White?
While based on American data, a solid piece in FiveThirtyEight by J. Nathan Matias, Neil Lewis Jr. and Elan Hope.
Judith Butler: ‘We need to rethink the category of woman’
Interesting article in The Guardian. “Gender is an assignment that does not just happen once: it is ongoing.”
How to study effectively
“Forget cramming, ditch the highlighter, and stop passively rereading. The psychology of learning offers better tactics” – by Paul Penn. Some great strategies here.
RuPaul’s Drag Race and lip-syncing: A once controversial practice is no longer taboo
A great read by a post-doc colleague at UVic Sadie Hochman-Ruiz. Article appeared in The Conversation.
Critical Race Theory: What it is and what it isn’t
A good overview By David Gray in The Conversation that includes a number of links to interviews with Kimberlé Crenshaw and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Revealing the long but hidden history of queer women in sport
From The Converation, a thought-provoking editorial by Becki Ross (Sociology and Gender, Race, Sexuality & Social Justice at UBC) on queer women in sport.