http://www.blogher.com/node/16058 Comments for "New blog carnival focuses on women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics" en http://www.blogher.com/node/16058#comment-19079 <p>I'm glad you wrote about this carnival -- it's one of my favorite topics as well! :)</p> <p>There's a common misconception that there cannot be a crossover between the liberal arts and the hard sciences. Not so. Cross-pollination is frequently very beneficial to stimulating new ways of thinking about things.</p> <p>Anyways, good stuff.</p> <p>Melinda<br /> <a href="http://www.blogher.com/topic/feminism-gender">Contributing Editor, Feminism &amp; Gender</a></p> Mon, 14 May 2007 23:52:21 -0500 Melinda Casino comment 19079 at http://www.blogher.com http://www.blogher.com/node/16058 <p>I'm a frustrated scientist. I didn't realize this, of course, until well after earning my first two degrees, in English and creative writing. Somewhere between degrees two and four (I collect them!) I began to wonder why, if I'm so interested in the ways and wonders of the natural world, I'm not a scientist.</p> <p>Enter feminist science studies, my passion for several years. I can't get enough of women writing about why women do or don't succeed as scientists, how women do science (sometimes) differently from men, and how we can get girls interested in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).</p> <p>Now, instead of scanning the entire academic and feminist blogopheres for answers, I can find largely like-minded folks at a single source: <a href="http://feministengineer.blogspot.com/2007/02/nameless-no-longer-introducing.html">the new Scientiae blog carnival</a>, founded by skookumchick of Rants of a Feminist Engineer. </p> <p>The carnival goes up on March 1, and submissions are due on Tuesday, February 27. If you've recently written a post about women in STEM disciplines or you've been meaning to write one, tag your post for the carnival (<a href="http://scientiae-carnival.blogspot.com/2007/02/contributing-to-carnival.html">here's how</a>). Skookumchick is especially seeking posts on the following topics:<br /> <blockquote> <ul> - stories about being a woman in STEM</ul></blockquote></p> <p>- exploring gender and STEM academia</p> <p>- living the scientific academic life as well as the rest of life</p> <p>- discussing how race, sexuality, age, nationality and other social categories intersect with the experience of being a woman in STEM</p> <p>- sharing feminist perspectives on science and technology</p> <p>- exploring feminist science and technology studies</p> <p>If you miss this carnival, another one is planned for March 15.</p> <p><i><a href="http://www.blogher.com/member/leslie-madsen-brooks">Leslie Madsen-Brooks</a> is an academic technologist and freelance writer who blogs at <a href="http://cluttermuseum.blogspot.com">The Clutter Museum</a>.</i></p> http://www.blogher.com/node/16058#comments Gender Research, Academia &amp; Education Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:14:54 -0600 Leslie Madsen Brooks 16058 at http://www.blogher.com