Olivia Campbell
@oliviacampbell.bsky.social
New York Times bestselling author of WOMEN IN WHITE COATS and SISTERS IN SCIENCE. Editor, Everyday Health. Regular contributor, NatGeo. Journalist. Essayist. Feminist. Mom. Lover of cats, books, baking, tea, & thrifting
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Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History (Original) a book by Olivia Campbell
The extraordinary true story of four women pioneers in physics during World War II and their daring escape out of Nazi Germany In the 1930s, Germany was a hotbed of scientific thought. But after the...
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Curious about the resurgence of patriarchal ideals in 1930s Germany? Interested in how structural misogyny proved deadly? Ever wondered why you know the names of so many male scientists who escaped the Nazis but not female scientists? HAVE I GOT A BOOK FOR YOU! SISTERS IN SCIENCE is out Dec. 31
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Awesome deal on the SISTERS IN SCIENCE audiobook, which won an Earphones Award from AudioFile Magazine. Snag it for only $7.99!
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Hell yes
What does a scientist look like?
Children are drawing women more than ever before
"Most scientists are still men, but as time goes on that's changing—even in the imaginations of children."
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Children are drawing women more than ever before
"Most scientists are still men, but as time goes on that's changing—even in the imaginations of children."
www.science.org/content/arti...
What does a scientist look like? Children are drawing women more than ever before
Study is based on 20,860 sketches drawn by children over 5 decades
www.science.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Hell yes
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Delighted that the FT have reviewed my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. The reviewer writes “Economica is an epic…[&] important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre”. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #EconHist
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Delighted that the FT have reviewed my new book, #Economica: A Global History of Women, Wealth & Power. The reviewer writes “Economica is an epic…[&] important retelling of global economic history that puts women at the centre”. Out now @headlinebooks.bsky.social @hachetteuk.bsky.social #EconHist
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I also write books, and any support for them (including library borrows and word of mouth) helps me spend more of my time writing fiction, so it is much appreciated.
Books
Click on any of the books below to find out more about them.
www.kateheartfield.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I also write books, and any support for them (including library borrows and word of mouth) helps me spend more of my time writing fiction, so it is much appreciated.
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When I was pregnant, my pelvis essentially fell apart. I was on bed rest and when I did go out, I had to use a walker. So yes, this would have been an incredibly useful thing for me to have access to.
Hmmm, I disagree with the disability advocates here. Pregnancy can very much be a temporary disability for many. www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/d...
Disability-rights advocates challenge new law allowing pregnant parking permits
Disability-rights advocates are challenging a new state law allowing pregnant women to use parking spaces reserved for people with disabilities, alleging the measure violates federal protections.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When I was pregnant, my pelvis essentially fell apart. I was on bed rest and when I did go out, I had to use a walker. So yes, this would have been an incredibly useful thing for me to have access to.
Your daily dose of rage. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/h...
Marthe Gautier, 96, Dies; Had Key Role in Down Syndrome Breakthrough
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October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Your daily dose of rage. Gift article www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/h...
An assignment that managed to hit so many of my interests: history, medicine, dance, gender. My latest for National Geographic.
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What caused Strasbourg’s dancing plague of 1518?
Mass hysteria? Ergot poisoning? Or just despair? Here’s why what started as one woman’s dance spiraled into one of history’s strangest outbreaks.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
An assignment that managed to hit so many of my interests: history, medicine, dance, gender. My latest for National Geographic.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
October's book recommendations over at Beyond Curie. Including picks from Rosa Espinoza, Rae Wynn-Grant, Sarah Ruden, @vnbateman.bsky.social and @christinewebb.bsky.social
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5 Books I'm Looking Forward to About Women + Science + History
Recent and forthcoming reads that pique my interest.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
October's book recommendations over at Beyond Curie. Including picks from Rosa Espinoza, Rae Wynn-Grant, Sarah Ruden, @vnbateman.bsky.social and @christinewebb.bsky.social
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Really proud of this profile Samantha Riedel wrote of me in THEM. We talked about BLACK FLAME, DC comics firing me, Palestine, and real-life community as it relates to the internet.
www.them.us/story/gretch...
www.them.us/story/gretch...
Horror Fiction’s It Girl Gretchen Felker-Martin Doesn’t Care if You Like Her
The ‘Black Flame’ author talks to Them about queer horror, getting dropped by DC Comics, and the perils of being hyperonline.
www.them.us
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Really proud of this profile Samantha Riedel wrote of me in THEM. We talked about BLACK FLAME, DC comics firing me, Palestine, and real-life community as it relates to the internet.
www.them.us/story/gretch...
www.them.us/story/gretch...
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In honor of spooky season, I'm sharing one of my favorite pieces I've ever written. To interview my favorite author of all time, T. Kingfisher, was a career high. @tkingfisher.com
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Why are the Appalachian Mountains home to so many supernatural legends?
The supernatural creatures said to roam these forests are intimately tied to the landscape, which is older than most of life on Earth.
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October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In honor of spooky season, I'm sharing one of my favorite pieces I've ever written. To interview my favorite author of all time, T. Kingfisher, was a career high. @tkingfisher.com
www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/arti...
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In honor of spooky season, I'm sharing one of my favorite pieces I've ever written. To interview my favorite author of all time, T. Kingfisher, was a career high. @tkingfisher.com
www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/arti...
Why are the Appalachian Mountains home to so many supernatural legends?
The supernatural creatures said to roam these forests are intimately tied to the landscape, which is older than most of life on Earth.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:35 PM
In honor of spooky season, I'm sharing one of my favorite pieces I've ever written. To interview my favorite author of all time, T. Kingfisher, was a career high. @tkingfisher.com
www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/arti...
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It's interesting how people who use genAI will always offer excuses for why in their case it's ok, and how this rationalization *exactly* mirrors how they deal with fascism.
Almost like genAI is an instrument of fascism and selecting/softening psychologically vulnerable targets for recruitment.
Almost like genAI is an instrument of fascism and selecting/softening psychologically vulnerable targets for recruitment.
October 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It's interesting how people who use genAI will always offer excuses for why in their case it's ok, and how this rationalization *exactly* mirrors how they deal with fascism.
Almost like genAI is an instrument of fascism and selecting/softening psychologically vulnerable targets for recruitment.
Almost like genAI is an instrument of fascism and selecting/softening psychologically vulnerable targets for recruitment.
Let them eat AI
October 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Let them eat AI
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The dark romance girlies have every man fooled into thinking we all have an abusive stalker fantasy. No, baby. Use that bass in your voice to ask me about my day. 😂
October 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The dark romance girlies have every man fooled into thinking we all have an abusive stalker fantasy. No, baby. Use that bass in your voice to ask me about my day. 😂
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Come along on my perimenopause book tour. It was a trainwreck. Shout out to Bridget Christie and her absolutely amazing show, "The Change," for perfectly articulating this experience. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/o...
I was mixing up and forgetting words — was I losing my mind? - The Boston Globe
No, but I was losing my hormones.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Come along on my perimenopause book tour. It was a trainwreck. Shout out to Bridget Christie and her absolutely amazing show, "The Change," for perfectly articulating this experience. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/o...
I am attacked
maybe a random purchase from Goodwill Auctions will fix me
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I am attacked
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The audacity to anthropomorphize machines being built by corporations
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
October 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The audacity to anthropomorphize machines being built by corporations
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
--stealing data
--exploiting the labor of the people who are actually the "undesirables" under eugenic thought
--killing the environment,
and then compare criticisms of such eugenic practices to, wait for it, eugenics.
Come along on my perimenopause book tour. It was a trainwreck. Shout out to Bridget Christie and her absolutely amazing show, "The Change," for perfectly articulating this experience. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/o...
I was mixing up and forgetting words — was I losing my mind? - The Boston Globe
No, but I was losing my hormones.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Come along on my perimenopause book tour. It was a trainwreck. Shout out to Bridget Christie and her absolutely amazing show, "The Change," for perfectly articulating this experience. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/17/o...
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At Dame I wrote about tradwives and white women choosing white patriarchy because whiteness gives them power. www.damemagazine.com/2025/10/15/t...
“Tradwives” Is Just Influencer Speak for Patriarchal Subordination - Dame Magazine
A blonde woman in a low-cut flowery dress and immaculately shaped eyelashes speaks softly to the camera while gentle music plays in the background. “I’m here to make a clarification video because of t...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:36 PM
At Dame I wrote about tradwives and white women choosing white patriarchy because whiteness gives them power. www.damemagazine.com/2025/10/15/t...
My very vulnerable essay essentially about the extended brain fart that is perimenopause has found a home in a national newspaper. Online and in print. Thrilled, but anxious.
October 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
My very vulnerable essay essentially about the extended brain fart that is perimenopause has found a home in a national newspaper. Online and in print. Thrilled, but anxious.
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Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...
A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.
www.wired.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...
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The faux feminism at work here is exactly the kind of shit that @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social was writing about when he wrote Elite Capture, the essay and book!
www.bostonreview.net/articles/olu...
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October 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The faux feminism at work here is exactly the kind of shit that @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social was writing about when he wrote Elite Capture, the essay and book!
www.bostonreview.net/articles/olu...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/olu...
While everyone is rightly aghast at Klein's defense of Charlie Kirk as "doing politics the right way," I feel like this terrible opinion didn't get enough coverage.
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Ezra Klein is Wrong About Abortion
Abortion *is* a big tent issue
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October 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
While everyone is rightly aghast at Klein's defense of Charlie Kirk as "doing politics the right way," I feel like this terrible opinion didn't get enough coverage.
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We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
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Thanks so much for your reporting on this, Ben. I just got an email from my campus's IT office triumphantly advertising free student access to four different AI models -- at the same time as we have a hiring freeze, caps on grad enrollment, and a 7% budget cut -- and wanted to scream.
September 27, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.
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