Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
@oceanfilly.bsky.social
It's me, the sea lady.
I study Sexual Selection, Host Sex/Parasite Interactions, and Behavior (also interested in Bio Ed!)
Currently looking for a postdoc position!
Biologist/Photographer/Artist/Jedi/Autistic
https://bfitzwater.wixsite.com/bfitzwater
I study Sexual Selection, Host Sex/Parasite Interactions, and Behavior (also interested in Bio Ed!)
Currently looking for a postdoc position!
Biologist/Photographer/Artist/Jedi/Autistic
https://bfitzwater.wixsite.com/bfitzwater
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Hi, I'm Brooke (she/her)! I'm a recent PhD graduate with research interests in sexual selection, mate choice, host-parasite interactions (especially those involving host sex), and animal behavior. I'm looking for a postdoc position!
I also create short-form videos and I'm a photographer and artist.
I also create short-form videos and I'm a photographer and artist.
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Professors are no longer able to teach accurately about gender, or hold students to any standards in their work, because cowardly administrators cave to fascists.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Professors are no longer able to teach accurately about gender, or hold students to any standards in their work, because cowardly administrators cave to fascists.
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And for anyone who doesn’t know it’s majesty…. youtu.be/ykwqXuMPsoc?...
Narwhals : animated music video : MrWeebl
YouTube video by Weebl's Stuff
youtu.be
December 26, 2025 at 3:51 PM
And for anyone who doesn’t know it’s majesty…. youtu.be/ykwqXuMPsoc?...
Must... resist... Narwhal...song... #LetsChangeThat
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Must... resist... Narwhal...song... #LetsChangeThat
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
December 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Please be aware of possible scams! My client, Mel Curth, is not seeking any donations at this time. She is grateful for your support and instead requests folks that want to help to donate to the local organizations of your choice!
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Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
December 24, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Experimental evidence that students are more likely to contest grades when they are delivered by an evaluator with a female-sounding name.
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
"These findings suggest that women in evaluative positions face disproportionate resistance when delivering negative assessments."
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
December 26, 2025 at 2:43 AM
RFK: “Where did all this autism come from? It never existed when I was a kid!”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
“A Christmas Story”, a 1983 movie based on a 1971 memoir about a childhood in the 1930s: “This is my brother Ralphie. He has a ton of sensory issues and behaviors we don’t understand. Every family has a child like him.”
Christmas Tree Worms are festive all year long! #LetsChangeThat
December 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Christmas Tree Worms are festive all year long! #LetsChangeThat
A little PSA on Polar Bears this holiday season. #LetsChangeThat
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A little PSA on Polar Bears this holiday season. #LetsChangeThat
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
There are some magic little lands out there in the world.
December 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
There are some magic little lands out there in the world.
#SICB2026 is fast approaching! Come see my talk on sex-biased parasitism and mixed evidence for a Red Queen Dynamic as part of the Sex Across Origins complimentary session on Jan 6th at 11:15 AM in B113!
December 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
#SICB2026 is fast approaching! Come see my talk on sex-biased parasitism and mixed evidence for a Red Queen Dynamic as part of the Sex Across Origins complimentary session on Jan 6th at 11:15 AM in B113!
#LetsChangeThat thread on penguins!
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#LetsChangeThat thread on penguins!
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
If you're going to #SICB Portland 2026,
be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social
Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author)
Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌
See Noah's site
noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.
be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social
Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author)
Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌
See Noah's site
noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.
December 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you're going to #SICB Portland 2026,
be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social
Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author)
Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌
See Noah's site
noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.
be sure to stop by and purchase see the fantastic #art of @noahwithfish.bsky.social
Long time SICBer and @sicbjournals.bsky.social co author)
Noah is our featured SICB Journals booth #artist !🙌
See Noah's site
noahbressman.wixsite.com/noah and stop by.
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
Going to #SICB?
attend s4
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Sex across origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions & developing integrative frameworks
Organized by
M. Aramati Casper,
aramaticasper.weebly.com
Jay J. Falk
jayjinsing.github.io
Karen M. Warkentin,
sites.bu.edu/warkentinlab/
attend s4
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Sex across origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions & developing integrative frameworks
Organized by
M. Aramati Casper,
aramaticasper.weebly.com
Jay J. Falk
jayjinsing.github.io
Karen M. Warkentin,
sites.bu.edu/warkentinlab/
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Going to #SICB?
attend s4
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Sex across origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions & developing integrative frameworks
Organized by
M. Aramati Casper,
aramaticasper.weebly.com
Jay J. Falk
jayjinsing.github.io
Karen M. Warkentin,
sites.bu.edu/warkentinlab/
attend s4
www.xcdsystem.com/sicb/program...
Sex across origins: Questioning animal-centric assumptions & developing integrative frameworks
Organized by
M. Aramati Casper,
aramaticasper.weebly.com
Jay J. Falk
jayjinsing.github.io
Karen M. Warkentin,
sites.bu.edu/warkentinlab/
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
Hey SICB, this is a great time to remind you about an open position at Loyola University Chicago that combines the biology of sex with the humanities and social sciences. If you are interested and have questions, please let me know. The app. deadline is Jan. 1.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Biology and Women’s Studies and Gender Studies, Lecturer (Gender, Sexuality, and the Biology of Sex ), Non-Tenure track
Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000Benefits Information: https://www.luc.edu/hr/benefits/The Department of Biology and the Women’s Studies and Gender Studies (WSGS) Program in the College of Arts and Scie...
www.careers.luc.edu
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey SICB, this is a great time to remind you about an open position at Loyola University Chicago that combines the biology of sex with the humanities and social sciences. If you are interested and have questions, please let me know. The app. deadline is Jan. 1.
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
www.careers.luc.edu/postings/34131
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
When I was on the job market, I did a thread of the first 20ish TT jobs on EvolDir that I was qualified for. Over half of them were in places I would be unsafe as a trans person, and as this was 2022/23, I imagine it would be even higher proportion now.
No one ever talks about the academic jobs that marginalized folks won’t apply to because of state or institutional reputation for hostility towards their group. Again, who it really at a disadvantage in any job market? 🙃
December 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When I was on the job market, I did a thread of the first 20ish TT jobs on EvolDir that I was qualified for. Over half of them were in places I would be unsafe as a trans person, and as this was 2022/23, I imagine it would be even higher proportion now.
Tis the season for PEPPERMINT SHRIMP! #LetsChangeThat
December 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Tis the season for PEPPERMINT SHRIMP! #LetsChangeThat
It has been such a hard and frustrating year (for me and so many others), but I am determined to leave it with a finished sweater 😤
December 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It has been such a hard and frustrating year (for me and so many others), but I am determined to leave it with a finished sweater 😤
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
U.S. plans to stop recommending most childhood vaccines, defer to doctors
The plan, which is not finalized, suggests children get fewer shots and shifts to a model telling parents to consult doctors to make their own vaccine choices.
wapo.st
December 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
rfk will not rest until your kid is dead wapo.st/4s2l2zn
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
December 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
Come chat navigating accessibility with @cariwatterton.bsky.social and me this March at GDC!
schedule.gdconf.com/session/acce...
schedule.gdconf.com/session/acce...
Accessibility At Scale Roundtable: Doing More With Less (Presented by the IGDA) | Agenda | GDC Festival of Gaming
TheGDC Festival of Gaming program blends expert insight with interactive formats designed to spark ideas, sharpen skills, and connect communities.
schedule.gdconf.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Come chat navigating accessibility with @cariwatterton.bsky.social and me this March at GDC!
schedule.gdconf.com/session/acce...
schedule.gdconf.com/session/acce...
It is time to bring an old tradition back from the dead. A thread of Benoit Blanc as different cephalopods. First up, Benoit Blanc as a Blue Ringed Octopus. CC:
@rianjohnson.bsky.social
@rianjohnson.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
It is time to bring an old tradition back from the dead. A thread of Benoit Blanc as different cephalopods. First up, Benoit Blanc as a Blue Ringed Octopus. CC:
@rianjohnson.bsky.social
@rianjohnson.bsky.social
Sea Cucumbers are weirdly wonderful. #LetsChangeThat
December 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sea Cucumbers are weirdly wonderful. #LetsChangeThat
Reposted by Brooke Fitzwater, PhD (she/her) 🐟🪱🏳️🌈♾️
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
December 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“A process which led from the amoeba to man appeared to the philosophers to be obviously a progress - though whether the amoeba would agree with this opinion is not known"
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
- Bertrand Russell, 1976.
Time-lapse video of Vampyrella lateritia eating Spirogyra algae from Science Source/Oliver Skibbe. 🦠
Iconic line
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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