Research Paper: Sex and Stats
One of the courses I am attending this year is a research seminar on Cold War science. I am not sure how to phrase this—”despite” or “even though”—, but as a student in Germany, I had no idea what...
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“A very Unusual Person”
I do not read horoscopes, but I love personality tests. I admit that this is weird, because one makes promises (nearly?) as false as the other, but I find the attempt of measuring human character and...
View ArticleImpressive Brains: Latour and Bechdel, Cartoons and ANT
“I am not a closed circuit; I don’t trust my own subjectivity. This is why I try to get as much outside-assertion as I can.”—It’s almost a month ago since Alison Bechdel stated this confession during...
View ArticleQuick Updates on Sex/Stats and Latour
As I promised before I got almost entirely caught up in working hard on my final assignments, I asked Kevin Gotkin to pass along the Latour analogy sheet he compiled for our class. Download it here,...
View ArticleM.A. Thesis: Functional Magnetic Resonance Phrenology?
In the process of revising a paper on F.J. Gall’s conception of sex/gender and the status of sexuality in his so-called organological doctrine, I reread two German articles by Frank Stahnisch (who is a...
View ArticleUpcoming Talk in Lisbon in September
The program for the ESHS Annual Meeting in Lisbon, September 4–6, is online now. I will be presenting my research on the morning of the third conference day, session 58 I (Saturday, September 6,...
View ArticleHelp Needed for Survey of (Natural/Medical/Social) Scientists
Today I want to ask you to contribute your perspective on sex/gender and other types of classification of human subjects in your research on behalf of my Berlinian colleague Diana Schellenberg...
View ArticlePublication: Sex and Gender in F.J. Gall’s Organology
It took quite some time, but my article “Matters of Sex and Gender in F. J. Gall’s Organology: A Primary Approach” was finally published online in the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences. If...
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There WAS Plasticity in Brain Sex Difference Research! (Part I)
JAS-Med 2014 at Baltimore was a fantastic conference. The papers were of really high quality, the talks engaging, and the attendees kind and curious. I hope to be able to provide pictures soon. As you...
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“A Critical Moment”: Sex/Gender and Brain Science Conference @ UCLA, 10/23–24
Here is a conference announcement I should have shared with you months ago: the Foundation for Psychocultural Research at the University of Californa in Los Angeles (FPR-UCLA) is hosting a conference...
View ArticleReview Paper: The Neuroscience of Pedophilia
The sad days are over! I just submitted the final paper for the last psychology class towards my SCAN certificate. The seminar, instructed by Teresa Pegors, is titled “Neuroscience of Human Motivation...
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Book Summaries: The First 3^3 Items from My Brain List
Today, I’m posting my first summarizing essay for my “History of the Skull, Mind, and Brain Sciences” list for you. I’m reading the items from this list with John Tresch, who is my main advisor. Be...
View ArticleMore Book Summaries: Sex/Gender and Race in Genetics + Animals in the Lab and...
I just finished another set of readings for my orals list on “History of American Post-War Science and Feminism” with Susan Lindee. Read my summaries below and make sure to check out Etienne Benson’s...
View ArticleBook Summaries: Cold War Social Science, Gender Roles, and Reproduction
I have done many more readings. The following essay from my Cold War science and feminism list with Susan Lindee is already 1.5 months old and I can read faster and type more efficiently by now. As a...
View ArticleMore Book Summaries on European History—and How These Relate to My Proposed...
The book summaries below are from my European History list with Heidi Voskuhl, a subsection titled “Bodies and Sexuality.” Since reading towards oral exams is not (only) an initiation rite, but also...
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Book Summaries Cont’d: 20th-Century Sexuality and Sexology
The items below do a fantastic job in connecting the “private” with the “public” spheres—and show that they’re not actually separate spheres whatsoever. Many of these works, I already utilized during a...
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Final Summaries on 20th-Century Science: Feminism and Science
The below essay was at the same time my favorite to write and my last one for my list with Susan Lindee. Concluding my readings in Cold-War Science and Feminism also brings me one step closer to my...
View Article“I’m Not a Bigot, It’s Just Science”
You have probably already heard of Grace Pokela’s pointed facebook post that dismantles the “science” of transphobia. But just in case you haven’t—and chances are you haven’t, because I myself only...
View ArticleMust Read: Article in The CUT on Science and Sexual Stereotyping
When I was still sleeping this morning, Melinda Wenner Moyer published a spot-on article in The CUT, “These Ideas About Sexual Attraction May Be Based on Shoddy Science.” Moyer traced the controversy...
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