Bridget Alex
@bridgetalex.bsky.social
Anthropologist, Science Writer. Lecturer for Harvard HEB. Views my own. www.bridgetalex.com
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Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing | Current Anthropology
Disseminating research is a key component of scholarly labor, but the costs and benefits of the current structure of academic publishing are underexamined within anthropology. This paper brings togeth...
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I coauthored the part on media coverage! Check out Table 2, a framework for weighing risks/rewards of different levels of media engagement by scholars: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The skill I’m most proud of: always swiftly returning my equipment and exiting a group exercise class, long before there’s a human traffic jam of people trying to put stuff away
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The skill I’m most proud of: always swiftly returning my equipment and exiting a group exercise class, long before there’s a human traffic jam of people trying to put stuff away
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New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
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February 4, 2026 at 7:21 PM
New article! "Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing" in Current Anthropology, by a giant collaborative group of coauthors fearlessly led by Jess Beck and including @bridgetalex.bsky.social @benmarwick.bsky.social @christinawarinner.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
I coauthored the part on media coverage! Check out Table 2, a framework for weighing risks/rewards of different levels of media engagement by scholars: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Changing the Landscape of Archaeological Publishing | Current Anthropology
Disseminating research is a key component of scholarly labor, but the costs and benefits of the current structure of academic publishing are underexamined within anthropology. This paper brings togeth...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
February 4, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I coauthored the part on media coverage! Check out Table 2, a framework for weighing risks/rewards of different levels of media engagement by scholars: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
I’ve seen babies do happy baby, but never once a child do child’s pose
January 24, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I’ve seen babies do happy baby, but never once a child do child’s pose
Asked my 1 year old to get the monkey from this line up. She handed me the chimp. Might give her a pass.
January 19, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Asked my 1 year old to get the monkey from this line up. She handed me the chimp. Might give her a pass.
To help me with chores this morning baby put my phone in the dish washer
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
To help me with chores this morning baby put my phone in the dish washer
The joy of going to uncork a wine bottle and realizing it’s twist off
January 19, 2026 at 2:01 AM
The joy of going to uncork a wine bottle and realizing it’s twist off
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‘Washington Post’ Publishes Editorial Defending FBI Raid On Its Reporter
‘Washington Post’ Publishes Editorial Defending FBI Raid On Its Reporter
WASHINGTON—Saying that despite recent events, it would do everything in its power to continue obscuring the truth, The Washington Post published an editorial Thursday defending the FBI’s recent raid o...
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January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
‘Washington Post’ Publishes Editorial Defending FBI Raid On Its Reporter
Can anyone buy a baguette without immediately biting the end off?
January 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Can anyone buy a baguette without immediately biting the end off?
Submitted an op-ed to Washington Post. They said they were interested but only if we cut 1 of the 3 coauthors from the by line. Huh. (We said no)
January 10, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Submitted an op-ed to Washington Post. They said they were interested but only if we cut 1 of the 3 coauthors from the by line. Huh. (We said no)
barreling toward oblivion, we are
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
barreling toward oblivion, we are
maybe the most rewarding comment I've ever received on a course evaluation: "This course completely changed the way that I thought about myself as a human."
January 8, 2026 at 7:53 PM
maybe the most rewarding comment I've ever received on a course evaluation: "This course completely changed the way that I thought about myself as a human."
My, what a fine geomagnetic reversal. Wrote about more stuff from Middle Pleistocene www.science.org/content/arti...
Fossils point to common ancestor of modern humans, Neanderthals
Bones from a Moroccan quarry belonged to a hominin that lived when the human lineage was splitting
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January 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
My, what a fine geomagnetic reversal. Wrote about more stuff from Middle Pleistocene www.science.org/content/arti...
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Drugs have always been a boogeyman used to justify imperial intervention and resource extraction in Latin America.
I'm an anthropologist with a PhD in this subject, I made a video to explain the context: youtu.be/O7njXhwtuBA
I'm an anthropologist with a PhD in this subject, I made a video to explain the context: youtu.be/O7njXhwtuBA
January 5, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Drugs have always been a boogeyman used to justify imperial intervention and resource extraction in Latin America.
I'm an anthropologist with a PhD in this subject, I made a video to explain the context: youtu.be/O7njXhwtuBA
I'm an anthropologist with a PhD in this subject, I made a video to explain the context: youtu.be/O7njXhwtuBA
2:1 odds this so called toy someone gave my baby is going to murder me
December 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
2:1 odds this so called toy someone gave my baby is going to murder me
Wrote this: Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species
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December 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wrote this: Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Just realized I’m in the life stage for drinking martinis
December 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Just realized I’m in the life stage for drinking martinis
When I'm trying to understand an event, I usually realize there's a SAPIENS story to help. To contextualize Chile's election results, check out this piece I edited, written by anthropologist Luis Alfredo Briceño González:
Surveillance and Suspicion From the Margins
www.sapiens.org/culture/fear...
Surveillance and Suspicion From the Margins
www.sapiens.org/culture/fear...
Surveillance and Suspicion From the Margins
A Venezuelan anthropologist reflects on distrust he felt from residents of informal settlements in Chile—and how that track global trends.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
When I'm trying to understand an event, I usually realize there's a SAPIENS story to help. To contextualize Chile's election results, check out this piece I edited, written by anthropologist Luis Alfredo Briceño González:
Surveillance and Suspicion From the Margins
www.sapiens.org/culture/fear...
Surveillance and Suspicion From the Margins
www.sapiens.org/culture/fear...
SAPIENS was my dream job, but it didn't pay enough. I worked nights/weekends as a Lecturer & freelance writer so that I could afford to work full time days at SAPIENS.
On my last day, I'm in tears reviewing the 60 some stories I developed as editor. Every story was an adventure. A sample below...
On my last day, I'm in tears reviewing the 60 some stories I developed as editor. Every story was an adventure. A sample below...
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
SAPIENS was my dream job, but it didn't pay enough. I worked nights/weekends as a Lecturer & freelance writer so that I could afford to work full time days at SAPIENS.
On my last day, I'm in tears reviewing the 60 some stories I developed as editor. Every story was an adventure. A sample below...
On my last day, I'm in tears reviewing the 60 some stories I developed as editor. Every story was an adventure. A sample below...
reflections on my time at SAPIENS:
I'm proud of our staff's labor organizing...
I'm proud of our staff's labor organizing...
December 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
reflections on my time at SAPIENS:
I'm proud of our staff's labor organizing...
I'm proud of our staff's labor organizing...
apt closing from my last SAPIENS story “What archaeology asks of everyone is an openness to alternate worlds. An understanding that your society, with its ways of working, worshipping, learning, loving—even knowing a dog—is just one permutation of endless human and beyond human possibilities.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
apt closing from my last SAPIENS story “What archaeology asks of everyone is an openness to alternate worlds. An understanding that your society, with its ways of working, worshipping, learning, loving—even knowing a dog—is just one permutation of endless human and beyond human possibilities.”
Just out! Another story from a Harvard ASPR Fellow: Unearthing What Archaeologists Can and Cannot Know
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www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Unearthing What Archaeologists Can and Cannot Know
An archaeologist studying 1,000-year-old dog burials reflects on the need for evidence and imagination in archaeology.
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December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Just out! Another story from a Harvard ASPR Fellow: Unearthing What Archaeologists Can and Cannot Know
www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
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“The earliest clear written reference to a ‘Women’s Kingdom’ appears in the mid-5th century, when it was listed among exotic goods exchanged in diplomatic contacts. ... Could Gurugyam, and the female in M2, offer material traces of such a kingdom?”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“The earliest clear written reference to a ‘Women’s Kingdom’ appears in the mid-5th century, when it was listed among exotic goods exchanged in diplomatic contacts. ... Could Gurugyam, and the female in M2, offer material traces of such a kingdom?”
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Read more: www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
Another great story from a Harvard ASPR Science Communication Fellow out today! The Tomb That Told of a Women’s Kingdom www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...
The Tomb That Told of a Women’s Kingdom
An archaeologist unspools the story of a female leader buried over 1,000 years ago on the Tibetan Plateau.
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December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Another great story from a Harvard ASPR Science Communication Fellow out today! The Tomb That Told of a Women’s Kingdom www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...