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TWO women win the 2020 Nobel Prize for Chemistry!!
Jennifer Doudna (USA) and Emmanuelle Charpentier (France) are the very first all-female joint science Nobel laureates in history! They won for their research which resulted in the creation of the revolutionary ‘CRISPR-Cas 9 gene editing technology. In announcing the prize, the Nobel Committee stated that this new technology “ ... may make the dream of curing inherited diseases come true.”
Although it’s been at times controversial (a Chinese scientist was caught trying to use it to genetically modify human embryos), the technology is considered one of greatest scientific developments of our time, as it revolutionizes our ability to understand how diseases work, and consequently, how to cure them. Doudna, by the way, said she was “horrified and stunned” by the use of CRISPR on human embryos, and called for strict regulation of it to ensure that it’s used in an ethical way.
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I highly recommend her Instagram, I’ve been following her for a couple years & first heard about her on radfem tumblr. She talks a lot about the female experience. She does AMAZING things with her hair. She discusses how she doesn’t shave, how only women get periods, etc.
She’s amazing. <3
So gorgeous. I love her work.
Also, there’s a radfem tumblr?
There’s a huge radfem & GC community on tumblr. It’s amazing!
Oh wow! I had no idea. I’ve been thinking about exploring tumblr again (haven’t used it since college, lol)
There's a very active radfem Tumblr.
That’s awesome! I’ll try to find the community! I’m assuming we can’t link to them, but if we can, are there any specific large blogs you’d recommend?
this woman is such a breath of fresh air. her instagram captions always contain insightful discussion of womens issues using clear, female-centric language, and i've never seen a single TRA whining about it in her comments, just other women praising and supporting her. love it!!
Beautiful. Nothing quite like seeing a woman create beauty through her art, soul and culture.
When I was a kid I was a nerd. I'm a totally Cool Stacy now, of course, but before I became Cheer Captain and was chosen for Prom Queen, I spent hours in the school library. A particularly favorite topic of mine was other cultures past and present, how they did their clothes and hair and fashion in general. I remember looking at pictures like these. The text was often too above my comprehension level but I remember being so impressed, flicking page after page in wonder.
Amazing. I love seeing modern recreations of historical hairstyles and clothing, especially when the artist is only going from paintings or photographs and has to guess what tools and techniques were used. I wonder how she managed it?
These are awesome. The skills are mind blowing. I can't even curl my hair.
These are so beautiful. One of Angela Bassett's headdresses was similar to one of these styles.
These are so cool! Gorgeous, too. And I can't imagine the amount of work/skill involved.
Thanks for sharing.
Very interesting. I'd always heard that black peoples' hair grows up, not down. It's cool to see them use that trait to their advantage in their styles.
Here is an article about Laetitia KY with cool photos of her cool hair and some interesting quotes:
I would love to know the technique and products used.
I love seeing women reclaim traditional dress and cultural hairstyles. This is beautiful
I love this account. I see more and more younger black women ditching the weaves and wigs in favor of natural hair and I love it. When I was in high school it was practically unheard of for girls to show up without wigs, or at least without spending hours trying to straighten and tame your hair lest someone dub you a "nappy headed hoe" for the next few months. This is one of the very few things I think social media is making a positive change with.