Dr Lucy Stewart
@lcsnz.bsky.social
Fan of weird microbes, Pākehā nō Pōneke, dilettante crafter, co-President @nzscientists.bsky.social. All opinions my own etcetera.
ORCID: 0000-0001-7352-3329
ORCID: 0000-0001-7352-3329
Honestly my siblings both have serious artistic skills and have ended up in rando office jobs which pay the bills (with art as a hobby/side-gig) and that's not an unrealistic goal esp in the current economy.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Honestly my siblings both have serious artistic skills and have ended up in rando office jobs which pay the bills (with art as a hobby/side-gig) and that's not an unrealistic goal esp in the current economy.
It was so grim! The bit where he got to 40 and whined about how all the good women his age didn’t want him when he’d been chasing undergraduates for twenty years!
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It was so grim! The bit where he got to 40 and whined about how all the good women his age didn’t want him when he’d been chasing undergraduates for twenty years!
It's a good contrast and compare e.g. to Jane Goodall dying recently and the response to that.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's a good contrast and compare e.g. to Jane Goodall dying recently and the response to that.
He simply did not write about women like he thought they were people and it's very difficult to believe, given everything else, that this was not an accurate portrayal.
November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
He simply did not write about women like he thought they were people and it's very difficult to believe, given everything else, that this was not an accurate portrayal.
I believe the original short story was written as erotica and then expanded into a novel much later, but the traces remain
November 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I believe the original short story was written as erotica and then expanded into a novel much later, but the traces remain
Something I can ask them about though! They are generally quite helpful with these things.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Something I can ask them about though! They are generally quite helpful with these things.
I'm not actually sure they ever have.
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I'm not actually sure they ever have.
Should be standard for all govt funding rounds imo
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Should be standard for all govt funding rounds imo
Boom there we go. 13% to 5.5%. Not sure if it explains female investigators though. www.maramatanga.ac.nz/node/2167
PRESS RELEASE: Cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences Research Will Impact Māori Most | Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
www.maramatanga.ac.nz
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Boom there we go. 13% to 5.5%. Not sure if it explains female investigators though. www.maramatanga.ac.nz/node/2167
Could easily be both. IIRC the drop in Māori PIs is almost precisely what Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga put out a statement saying would happen, due to their concentration in soc sci
November 6, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Could easily be both. IIRC the drop in Māori PIs is almost precisely what Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga put out a statement saying would happen, due to their concentration in soc sci
I mean that's the entire point is it not, the shameless display of power/control and what they can get away with
November 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I mean that's the entire point is it not, the shameless display of power/control and what they can get away with
The Marsden Fund is a basic/fundamental/blue-sky research fund which has been dramatically cut and politically interfered with by our current govt, who think only things like rocket launches matter, so not related unfortunately
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The Marsden Fund is a basic/fundamental/blue-sky research fund which has been dramatically cut and politically interfered with by our current govt, who think only things like rocket launches matter, so not related unfortunately
your regular reminder also that there is excellent scientific evidence that we value research less when marginalised people do it (this paper is specifically about women in US-based research)
Gendered knowledge in fields and academic careers
Women and men often contribute differently to research knowledge. Do differences in these contributions partially explain disparities in academic care…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
your regular reminder also that there is excellent scientific evidence that we value research less when marginalised people do it (this paper is specifically about women in US-based research)
nb, anybody who replies to this with any variation on 'Māori and non-Māori women just study the wrong things and should go do physics' or w/e will be blocked so fast I will get friction burns doing it, fair warning
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
nb, anybody who replies to this with any variation on 'Māori and non-Māori women just study the wrong things and should go do physics' or w/e will be blocked so fast I will get friction burns doing it, fair warning
(good book! you should read it! and the sequel.)
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
(good book! you should read it! and the sequel.)