GenderSci Lab
@genderscilab.bsky.social
Feminist research lab at Harvard University dedicated to generating concepts, methods, and theories for scientific research on sex and gender.
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Gametic Politics Workshop
Call for papers for social science and humanities scholars studying eggs, sperm, and gender/sex in the 21st century
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August 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Richardson discusses Agustín Fuentes'(anthrofuentes.bsky.social) book Sex is a Spectrum in the essay.
🔗 See her interview with Fuentes here on C-Span: c-span.org/program/book...
🔗 See her interview with Fuentes here on C-Span: c-span.org/program/book...
[Sex is a Spectrum - The Biological Limits of the Binary]
Anthropologist Agustín Fuentes argued that the male-female binary is a flawed understanding of biology. Harvard Book Store hosted this event.
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August 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Richardson discusses Agustín Fuentes'(anthrofuentes.bsky.social) book Sex is a Spectrum in the essay.
🔗 See her interview with Fuentes here on C-Span: c-span.org/program/book...
🔗 See her interview with Fuentes here on C-Span: c-span.org/program/book...
🔗 Access the new article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Gender under attack
The Lancet Commission on Gender and Global Health lucidly highlighted how attacks
on the concept of gender, and on gender equality and women's rights more broadly,
are not new. As Sarah Hawkes and her...
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August 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
🔗 Access the new article here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
💫 Check out the GenderSci Lab Blog Q&A here: www.genderscilab.org/blog/riddles...
Riddles of Sex Difference Science: Q&A with Sarah Richardson — GenderSci Lab
In a new open access article recently published in the journal Philosophy, Theory, and Practice in Biology , GenderSci Lab Director Sarah Richardson extends and develops her framework of “sex con...
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July 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
💫 Check out the GenderSci Lab Blog Q&A here: www.genderscilab.org/blog/riddles...
Analyzing a debate over whether the estrous cycle needs to be accounted for in sex difference research designs, the paper shows how scientists make contextual judgments about what counts as "sex itself" in laboratory rodent research.
July 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Analyzing a debate over whether the estrous cycle needs to be accounted for in sex difference research designs, the paper shows how scientists make contextual judgments about what counts as "sex itself" in laboratory rodent research.
Interested in learning more? A brief explainer can be found on the GenderSci Blog: www.genderscilab.org/blog/investm...
Femtech, Venture Capital, and the Rise of Investment Feminism: Forthcoming in Signs — GenderSci Lab
A new piece from the GenderSci Lab is forthcoming in Signs. Authored by Jamie Marsella, Marina DiMarco, Abigail Higgins, Sarah Richardson, and Joseph Bruch, this piece introduces the concept of “inves...
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April 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Interested in learning more? A brief explainer can be found on the GenderSci Blog: www.genderscilab.org/blog/investm...
We introduce the term “investment feminism” as an analytic tool to support feminist scholarship examining the links between the financial sector and gender relations and feminist movements.
April 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
We introduce the term “investment feminism” as an analytic tool to support feminist scholarship examining the links between the financial sector and gender relations and feminist movements.
VC-backed femtech startups have the power to generate services, tools, diagnostics, and therapies that benefit women. Yet, these technological solutions may favor individual self-maintenance over structural change.
April 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
VC-backed femtech startups have the power to generate services, tools, diagnostics, and therapies that benefit women. Yet, these technological solutions may favor individual self-maintenance over structural change.
We take a careful look at femtech-focused venture capital firms, period product retailers, and health testing services companies to understand how the financial sector becomes articulated as a site for feminist political action — in this case, as a means of achieving gender health equity.
April 2, 2025 at 3:53 PM
We take a careful look at femtech-focused venture capital firms, period product retailers, and health testing services companies to understand how the financial sector becomes articulated as a site for feminist political action — in this case, as a means of achieving gender health equity.