Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️‍🌈 Profile picture
Philosopher, lapsed chemist. Previously: Forbes, Scientific American, ScienceBlogs. Views mine alone. https://t.co/OaGWpj135c (she/her)
Aug 21, 2020 14 tweets 4 min read
In the course of the work-week since this article was published, some things have happened & some other things HAVEN'T happened.
Let's recap… A thing that hasn't happened:

Serious engagement by the authors (notably the corresponding author & the author with a Nobel Prize) with the critiques of the piece.
Aug 17, 2020 88 tweets 15 min read
Can we talk about this article (published today, simultaneously in a number of journals)?
Because I don't think it's doing the work its (many, many) authors hope it will.
nature.com/articles/s4155… Overall, this article strikes me as milquetoast. To the extent that it is staking a position, it's a position that I'd hope would be utterly uncontroversial: STEM fields should not exclude marginalized groups.
May 21, 2018 15 tweets 2 min read
Just over a week ago, this video was posted: chronicle.com/article/My-Pro…
Since then, a bunch of folks have described my participation in it as brave. To me, it does not feel particularly brave. What I said on camera was nothing that I haven’t said before.
Dec 8, 2017 26 tweets 3 min read
Things I predict will happen when I name my most significant harasser in my discipline, not necessarily in chronological order: (Note at the outset: I’ve no plans to pursue legal or even professional consequences for him. It’s been 23 years.)