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johnny9fingers) wrote2009-11-16 11:30 am
johnny9fingers) wrote2009-11-16 11:30 am
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/15/belle-de-jour-author-blogger-brooke-magnanti
This amused me for all sorts of reasons.
The best quote:
While the revelation was unexpected, at least one Sunday Times reader claimed, in a comment on the newspaper's website, that it made perfect sense: "Given the state of funding in biomedical research, the low pay and poor career prospects in the UK and Europe, it's hardly surprising and she's probably not the only one."
This amused me for all sorts of reasons.
The best quote:
While the revelation was unexpected, at least one Sunday Times reader claimed, in a comment on the newspaper's website, that it made perfect sense: "Given the state of funding in biomedical research, the low pay and poor career prospects in the UK and Europe, it's hardly surprising and she's probably not the only one."
Also, I'm glad to see that The Daily Mail (and this could well be the only time that newspaper is mentioned in this blog) is finally catching up with stuff the rest of the informed and scientifically minded population has known about for ages:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1228095/Chemicals-plastic-change-way-boys-play-say-scientists-babies-exposed-womb-grow-keen-rough-games.html
Phthalates - making girls out of our young men. Let us now praise the plastics industry for undermining gender stereotypes, albeit inadvertantly.