Starre Vartan
@starrevartan.bsky.social
I'm a Science Journo & Author: The Stronger Sex (Seal Press/Hachette, 2025) Also: Weightlifter, Ceramic Sculptor, Wild swimmer, Ecstatic Dancer, Trailrunner 🇦🇺🇺🇸 dual citizen
Bylines: Nat Geo, WashPo, SciAm (+ pods), my book 👇
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Bylines: Nat Geo, WashPo, SciAm (+ pods), my book 👇
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Starre Vartan
@starrevartan.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Its my pub day! You can now get my book everywhere is the US & Canada! (UK, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Korea coming soon). Order it to join in on a celebration of the female body's strength!
Hey look!!! Powerful, brilliant people using their power for GOOD. Imagine that!
"Khan has been scouring city and state laws — some overlooked by past mayors and some too new to have been tested yet — for legal footing for Mamdani’s priorities... “Excavating and enforcing the law” is how one transition adviser put it."
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
Lina Khan’s populist plan for New York: Cheaper hot dogs (and other things)
Zohran Mamdani’s new aide will focus on “excavating the law” to lower prices, borrowing from her legal playbook at the Federal Trade Commission.
www.semafor.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Hey look!!! Powerful, brilliant people using their power for GOOD. Imagine that!
Are you a runner? I shared my trailrunning (sometimes barefoot!) w/@womensrunstories.bsky.social - I'm not a marathoner nor have I ever competed in a footrace, but weightlifting, dance, & swimming inform my running & viceversa. A hopefully-inspiring weekend listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Starre Vartar: Her Athletic Journey, Her Book
Podcast Episode · Women's Running Stories · 11/11/2025 · 46m
podcasts.apple.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Are you a runner? I shared my trailrunning (sometimes barefoot!) w/@womensrunstories.bsky.social - I'm not a marathoner nor have I ever competed in a footrace, but weightlifting, dance, & swimming inform my running & viceversa. A hopefully-inspiring weekend listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
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Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
November 13, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every "population crisis" article in western media is just "WHERE ARE THE WHITE BABIES" in disguise and we absolutely do not have to give any credence to any of them
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Timeline cleanse: Yesterday I was introduced to the teporingo (volcano rabbit) — it’s like a rabbit crossed with a pika and is only found on Popocatépetl and three of the other volcanoes near Mexico City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano...
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Timeline cleanse: Yesterday I was introduced to the teporingo (volcano rabbit) — it’s like a rabbit crossed with a pika and is only found on Popocatépetl and three of the other volcanoes near Mexico City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano...
Absolutely enraging. I was once a 15-year-old girl. I REMEMBER it. Megyn Kelly is absolute horseshit dressed up as a white lady.
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Absolutely enraging. I was once a 15-year-old girl. I REMEMBER it. Megyn Kelly is absolute horseshit dressed up as a white lady.
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Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rough day to be any sort of survivor of sexual violence. Solidarity to all of you, please be kind to yourselves
Meanwhile, per @jessicavalenti.bsky.social "Republicans are proposing a bill that would mandate women use ‘catch kits’ when they have a miscarriage or abortion—forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it to the doctor as medical waste." WHAT THE HOLY HELL NEW LEVELS OF DYSTOPIA!
November 13, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Meanwhile, per @jessicavalenti.bsky.social "Republicans are proposing a bill that would mandate women use ‘catch kits’ when they have a miscarriage or abortion—forcing them to bag up their pregnancy tissue and bring it to the doctor as medical waste." WHAT THE HOLY HELL NEW LEVELS OF DYSTOPIA!
Doing random searches of Epstein's emails and this was interesting, he was obvs being careful with emails:
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:38 AM, jeffrey E. wrote:
how was it.? why dont you stop by today so we can script tomorrow. - assuming no change.
. prefer no details on email
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:38 AM, jeffrey E. wrote:
how was it.? why dont you stop by today so we can script tomorrow. - assuming no change.
. prefer no details on email
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Doing random searches of Epstein's emails and this was interesting, he was obvs being careful with emails:
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:38 AM, jeffrey E. wrote:
how was it.? why dont you stop by today so we can script tomorrow. - assuming no change.
. prefer no details on email
On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 7:38 AM, jeffrey E. wrote:
how was it.? why dont you stop by today so we can script tomorrow. - assuming no change.
. prefer no details on email
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November 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I'm starting a newsletter! Sign up if you are interested in essays about anthropology, art, & anatomy, from my POV as a science journalist, artist, and author of The Stronger Sex, and and upcoming Wanderers, Weavers, and Warriors: The Real Story of Our Female Ancestors. palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io
Imagine living a life where your entire obit is a sick burn because you are such a schmuck. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Imagine living a life where your entire obit is a sick burn because you are such a schmuck. www.statnews.com/2025/11/07/j...
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Fantastic reporting from STAT.
In a normal world this would be a scandal on the front page of every news outlet.
Government regulators hold secret, invite only meeting with industry heads they are supposed to be regulating.
Bookmark this moment. In 12 to 24 months you'll see fruit.
In a normal world this would be a scandal on the front page of every news outlet.
Government regulators hold secret, invite only meeting with industry heads they are supposed to be regulating.
Bookmark this moment. In 12 to 24 months you'll see fruit.
At ‘hush-hush’ MAHA summit, RFK Jr. and deputies to mix with biotech leaders
A who's who of MAHA federal officials will be speaking at an event, stacked with industry executives and activists, organized largely in secrecy.
www.statnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Fantastic reporting from STAT.
In a normal world this would be a scandal on the front page of every news outlet.
Government regulators hold secret, invite only meeting with industry heads they are supposed to be regulating.
Bookmark this moment. In 12 to 24 months you'll see fruit.
In a normal world this would be a scandal on the front page of every news outlet.
Government regulators hold secret, invite only meeting with industry heads they are supposed to be regulating.
Bookmark this moment. In 12 to 24 months you'll see fruit.
In-fucking-furiating. Imagine overcoming the significant hurdles as a woman in the military (it's well known they have to be basically perfect) already and then this admin comes along???
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November 12, 2025 at 5:10 AM
In-fucking-furiating. Imagine overcoming the significant hurdles as a woman in the military (it's well known they have to be basically perfect) already and then this admin comes along???
THIS! I love my baristas so much. There's not a CEO that I love.
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
THIS! I love my baristas so much. There's not a CEO that I love.
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Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Oh, I love this. A new species of sea anemone was discovered recently that parks itself on top of a hermit crab shell like a hat. It seems to feed partly off the crab's faeces, but it also excretes a hard shell that extends the crab's home. In return, it's carried around the seafloor like a king.
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"We have this fossil record that shows there were many women hunters, and celebrated women hunters" ~ says @starrevartan.bsky.social recently discussing her new book, The Stronger Sex, What Science Tells Us About The Power of The Female Body, w/ @marynmck.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ75...
November 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
"We have this fossil record that shows there were many women hunters, and celebrated women hunters" ~ says @starrevartan.bsky.social recently discussing her new book, The Stronger Sex, What Science Tells Us About The Power of The Female Body, w/ @marynmck.bsky.social. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ75...
HOW IS THIS LEGAL? (answer: it wasn't)
The other thing Kathy Hochul did on Friday afternoon: reversed the denial of an air quality permit to a fracked gas-powered BitCoin facility on shoreline of Seneca Lake.
www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/11/08/n...
www.fingerlakes1.com/2025/11/08/n...
New York reverses course, grants Greenidge new air permit amid fierce backlash | Fingerlakes1.com
New York State has approved a new five-year Title V Air Permit for Greenidge Generation in Dresden, ending years of litigation and reopening a fierce political and environmental battle over the future...
www.fingerlakes1.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
HOW IS THIS LEGAL? (answer: it wasn't)
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Ah why not? Here's another Barn Owl picture I have taken. This beauty was flying right towards me.
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ah why not? Here's another Barn Owl picture I have taken. This beauty was flying right towards me.
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
#birds #birdphotography #photography #wildlifephotography #wildlife
J'adore!!
November 7, 2025 at 2:02 AM
J'adore!!
Working on a story about flexibility in the female body for National Geographic, and how it's an overlooked strength. What are your favorite examples of flexibility? (Flexibility can include bendiness, muscular flex, metabolic, and more!)
a woman is doing a handstand on a yoga mat with army written on the bottom
ALT: a woman is doing a handstand on a yoga mat with army written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Working on a story about flexibility in the female body for National Geographic, and how it's an overlooked strength. What are your favorite examples of flexibility? (Flexibility can include bendiness, muscular flex, metabolic, and more!)
Noticing a Black woman and two blonde women doing the work necessary here while the men in suits stand around except for Dr. Oz (don't like him but he knew what he was looking at and responded properly as he has been trained).
RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Noticing a Black woman and two blonde women doing the work necessary here while the men in suits stand around except for Dr. Oz (don't like him but he knew what he was looking at and responded properly as he has been trained).
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Huge congratulations to Shalaya Valenzuela of Tseshaht, winner of the national Tom Longboat Award. Silver in Paris with Canada’s Rugby 7s, a UBC champion, and a powerful role model for Indigenous athletes. Read more at Ha-Shilth-Sa. Go Shalaya! #TseshahtProud #IndigenousExcellence
November 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Huge congratulations to Shalaya Valenzuela of Tseshaht, winner of the national Tom Longboat Award. Silver in Paris with Canada’s Rugby 7s, a UBC champion, and a powerful role model for Indigenous athletes. Read more at Ha-Shilth-Sa. Go Shalaya! #TseshahtProud #IndigenousExcellence
About once a week I take a little walk around Twitter for 15 minutes or so. Every time I just come out chuckling. There are hundreds of posts about how it's time to repeal the 19th amendment allowing women to vote, and supposed women (bots!) saying "I'd give up my right to vote for sanity in the US"
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 AM
About once a week I take a little walk around Twitter for 15 minutes or so. Every time I just come out chuckling. There are hundreds of posts about how it's time to repeal the 19th amendment allowing women to vote, and supposed women (bots!) saying "I'd give up my right to vote for sanity in the US"
This was such an excellent event and I had SO much fun meeting people I'd only "met" via messages and emails so far!
Wonderful to see so many science journalism comrades at the launch of the 15th (15th!!) Best Australian Science Writing anthology, edited by @zoekeansci.bsky.social and Tegan Taylor. Congrats to @tabithacarvan.bsky.social , @angusdalton.bsky.social & James Purtill for Bragg UNSW Press Prize wins.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 AM
This was such an excellent event and I had SO much fun meeting people I'd only "met" via messages and emails so far!
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6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
This small Pennsylvania town just elected the state's first-ever out transgender mayor
Eria Deuso has become the first out transgender mayor in Pennsylvania.
www.yahoo.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:44 AM
6 Nov 2025 -- Lost in the news last night, a small PA town elects state's first transgender mayor. Eria Deuso of Downington (30 miles west of Philly) won 64% to 35% over her Rep. rival. Can the statehouse be far away? @rikiwilchins.bsky.social
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"We in the past were stronger" ~ @starrevartan.bsky.social recently discussing her new book, The Stronger Sex, What Science Tells Us About The Power of The Female Body, with @marynmck.bsky.social. Catch their entire #HealthStorytelling Author Q&A on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ75...
November 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"We in the past were stronger" ~ @starrevartan.bsky.social recently discussing her new book, The Stronger Sex, What Science Tells Us About The Power of The Female Body, with @marynmck.bsky.social. Catch their entire #HealthStorytelling Author Q&A on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ75...