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My Work On Water Animals Getting Sick

I saw this comic from XKCD, and wanted to try writing about my research using the 1000 most commonly used English words. I wrote a summary of my work below, then used this tool to rewrite the same passage. Check out the two versions below! Did you know that corals can get sick? I didn’tContinue reading “My Work On Water Animals Getting Sick”

On Defining Woman

I recently wrote a poem titled Defining Woman This poem was read on the podcast Conversations with Chordates for a Women’s History Month special. Please check out the recording here. [Poem Transcript] Define a woman, he said. He answered, it’s simple anatomy.As if having a hysterectomy or skipping vaginoplastyMakes you less than. It’s a familyContinue reading “On Defining Woman”