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On a recent episode of America's Next Top Model, a photo-shoot required the models pose as crime scene victims. Rachel's Tavern writes: "I saw the episode last night and dropped my jaw in amazement." She suggests readers contact Sprint, one of the sponsors of the show, and provides email addresses. Read her post for full details, relevant linked posts, and discussion in the comment thread.
SunlessNick explains why examination of pop culture is a valuable endeavor in "Why does this Matter?" at The Hathor Legacy:
"Pop culture is the culture we have when we aren't trying to be cultured. It represents the thoughts we have when we aren't particularly thinking, what we communicate when we aren't bothered about what we communicate, and the agenda we follow when we're not worrying about an agenda. Pop culture – 'popular culture' or 'culture of the populace' – shows a baseline in a way that nothing else can. And if prejudice can survive in the baseline, it can re-infect anywhere else, despite whatever progress it looks like we make."
On being a scientist and a woman, "Why we leave":
"There was an article in Naturejobs last week on 'leaks in the pipeline' - why women leave science at every stage of the ladder. This article focused on why women who get science PhDs aren't showing up in the same numbers in academia. To cite one example, in the geosciences, '39% of PhD recipients are women. But only 26% of assistant professors, 14% of tenured associate professors and 8% of full professors are women.'"
Hat-tip to Lounge of the Lab Lemming, whose post on pregnancy and labratory work is also worth a read.
Melinda Casino's personal blog is Sour Duck.
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