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Author Archives: Athene Donald
Bias in Publishing
You’ll have heard the story about women whingeing about how their proudly-submitted papers got rejected by a premier journal without being sent out to referees. Or that the comments they received from referees were unduly harsh, but a male colleague’s … Continue reading
Posted in Research, Women in Science
Tagged editors, pipeline, Royal Society of Chemistry, success rates, UKRI
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Who’s a Crazy Bitch Then?
I was interested to read an article (not such a recent article in fact, but I’ve only just come across it via Twitter links) describing the misogynistic name-calling of senior women in Canadian universities. Headlined ‘The “crazy/bitch” narrative about senior … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged Carole Cadwalladr, misogyny, Miss Triggs, name-calling
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Seeing Red
Is anger a good spur to getting on and getting by? The recommendation to use it as a positive force came from three eminent colleagues this past week. I had the enormous pleasure of facilitating (I think that’s the right … Continue reading
Posted in Women in Science
Tagged Carol Robinson, Daphne Jackson Trust, Julia Goodfellow, Julia Higgins
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How Many ‘Firsts’ does it take to Change a System?
As the new academic year starts in Cambridge the University Library is marking 150 years of women studying here, even if admission to degrees came much later in 1948. Collectively we can also note that for the first time essentially … Continue reading
Posted in Equality, Women in Science
Tagged gender pay gap, Lucy Marshall, Sally Davies, Sonita Alleyne, University Library
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