Sciencing_bi

Episode 8 March 22, 2021 00:20:27
Sciencing_bi
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Sciencing_bi

Mar 22 2021 | 00:20:27

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Show Notes

#MeTooSTEM, a Twitter movement created by Dr. BethAnn McLaughlin, was an internet gathering place for all the STEM women online to congregate and support one another. BethAnn's right-hand woman, known only by her Twitter handle, @Sciencing_bi, was always there to retweet and support BethAnn's latest project. But when COVID hit in March of 2020, Sciencing_bi blamed her getting it on her employer, Arizona State University. And when Sciencing_bi died of COVID complications, the mourning #MeTooSTEM community made the mistake of looking into their friend's life.

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SOURCES:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/07/metoostem-founder-out-vanderbilt
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/style/college-coronavirus-hoax.html
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/05/turmoil-metoostem
https://www.media.mit.edu/posts/announcing-the-winners-of-the-2018-mit-media-lab-disobedience-award/
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/metoostem-sexual-harassment-science
https://heavy.com/news/2020/08/sciencing_bi-bethann-mclaughlin-asu/

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