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 👇
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ye7nrwp7
Bylines: Nat Geo, WashPo, SciAm (+ pods), my book 👇
🔗 https://tinyurl.com/ye7nrwp7
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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!
The coolest photo of my book yet! Look at those colors!!!
Damn straight, @starrevartan.bsky.social! This is top of my holiday reading pile - can't wait to get into it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The coolest photo of my book yet! Look at those colors!!!
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Please see below the ICE rapid response community network phone numbers for the Bay Area. Share widely.
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Please see below the ICE rapid response community network phone numbers for the Bay Area. Share widely.
Face card never declines.
Weddell seal pups can be curious if you’re sitting next to them quietly. Here, we were collecting a scat sample and the little one leaned a bit closer to see what I was doing.
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
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Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
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November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Face card never declines.
Me every time I read an article about MAHA, millionaire biohackers, and any other trendy health BS. (Add to this list: plenty of good sleep!):
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Me every time I read an article about MAHA, millionaire biohackers, and any other trendy health BS. (Add to this list: plenty of good sleep!):
Working on my next book! Lots of reading to do - and no need to be inside to do it! #readoutside #author #sciencejournalism
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Working on my next book! Lots of reading to do - and no need to be inside to do it! #readoutside #author #sciencejournalism
My first FREE newsletter will be publishing this week! Sign up here if you want to hear from me on fun, fascinating viewpoints into our shared human past and complex present. palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io
Palimpsest of Flesh
Anatomy, Anthropology, and Art from Starre Vartan
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November 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
My first FREE newsletter will be publishing this week! Sign up here if you want to hear from me on fun, fascinating viewpoints into our shared human past and complex present. palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io
They ALWAYS say these pipelines are so safe and will never have leaks and they ALWAYS have leaks!!!
Olympic Pipeline spill outside of Everett is one of several in recent years
Olympic Pipeline spill outside of Everett is one of several in recent years | Cascadia Daily News
BP and Ecology have not yet determined amount of fuel released
www.cascadiadaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
They ALWAYS say these pipelines are so safe and will never have leaks and they ALWAYS have leaks!!!
Australia is halfway through a radical and wide-reaching project to address the research gap in women's athletics. Such an amazing initiative. www.ausport.gov.au/media-centre...
Australia steps up to address research gap in women's sport | ASC
The race to close the research gap in women’s sport has taken a significant step with leading Australian researchers and sport scientists commencing a historic two-year project.
www.ausport.gov.au
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Australia is halfway through a radical and wide-reaching project to address the research gap in women's athletics. Such an amazing initiative. www.ausport.gov.au/media-centre...
ANYthing but questioning the rapacious capitalist patriarchal systems of thought and economics.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
ANYthing but questioning the rapacious capitalist patriarchal systems of thought and economics.
Working on a vodcast with a VERY COOL PERSON. Can't wait to share this with you all!
a blue cartoon character is holding a zipper in his mouth and saying `` zipped '' .
ALT: a blue cartoon character is holding a zipper in his mouth and saying `` zipped '' .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Working on a vodcast with a VERY COOL PERSON. Can't wait to share this with you all!
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I'm in! Dec. 9 -15, Women's Visibility Week on LinkedIn!
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Megan Cornish switched her gender to "male" on LinkedIn and saw a huge spike in her post engagement. She wrote a post about “LinkedIn liking me better as a man” which went viral, and a LinkedIn reached out to talk. On AI perpetuating the patriarchy and more: megancornish.substack.com/p/a-week-as-...
A Week as a Man, A Conversation With LinkedIn, and Some Data We Need to Talk About.
A closer look at the gap between “neutral” algorithms and gendered outcomes.
megancornish.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm in! Dec. 9 -15, Women's Visibility Week on LinkedIn!
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Megan Cornish switched her gender to "male" on LinkedIn and saw a huge spike in her post engagement. She wrote a post about “LinkedIn liking me better as a man” which went viral, and a LinkedIn reached out to talk. On AI perpetuating the patriarchy and more: megancornish.substack.com/p/a-week-as-...
A Week as a Man, A Conversation With LinkedIn, and Some Data We Need to Talk About.
A closer look at the gap between “neutral” algorithms and gendered outcomes.
megancornish.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Megan Cornish switched her gender to "male" on LinkedIn and saw a huge spike in her post engagement. She wrote a post about “LinkedIn liking me better as a man” which went viral, and a LinkedIn reached out to talk. On AI perpetuating the patriarchy and more: megancornish.substack.com/p/a-week-as-...
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I couldn't agree more. 🤘💙 youtu.be/Sm589l1qTL8?...
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I couldn't agree more. 🤘💙 youtu.be/Sm589l1qTL8?...
MIND BLOWN. Ugh I love thinking about geologic time. I literally switched my major at the last minute in college because of it. Such an odd duck I am, looking always for other odd ducks in the universe, and so happy when I find them.
It's Friday, and apparently bluesky is ready for this fun revelation:
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
Dinosaurs lived on the other side the Galaxy.
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
MIND BLOWN. Ugh I love thinking about geologic time. I literally switched my major at the last minute in college because of it. Such an odd duck I am, looking always for other odd ducks in the universe, and so happy when I find them.
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It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
It's always hard to pick a worst day politically, but today the president called for the death of members of the opposition party, and the administration decided that people were being too hard on the swastika
Thinking abt the succession from nullifying Roe > rise of trad wives > freakouts about birth rates > wax-face plastic surgery > pro-ana content >the normalization of pedophilia by political leaders (incl women). It's all hopefully the extinction burst of the patriarchy. (Am I missing anything?)
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Thinking abt the succession from nullifying Roe > rise of trad wives > freakouts about birth rates > wax-face plastic surgery > pro-ana content >the normalization of pedophilia by political leaders (incl women). It's all hopefully the extinction burst of the patriarchy. (Am I missing anything?)
I wrote about all the OTHER things perimenopause symptoms could be in a feature article in @newscientist.com — There's real danger in assuming all midlife women's health issues are peri-related, which is kinda where we are right now. #womenshealth #sciencejournalism www.tiktok.com/@thecurioush...
I wrote about all the OTHER things perimenopause symptoms could be in a feature article in New Scientist. Stephanie told me her story: Like many women in midlife, Stephanie had a lot going on. The 47...
TikTok video by TheCuriousHuman
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November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I wrote about all the OTHER things perimenopause symptoms could be in a feature article in @newscientist.com — There's real danger in assuming all midlife women's health issues are peri-related, which is kinda where we are right now. #womenshealth #sciencejournalism www.tiktok.com/@thecurioush...
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It’s transgender awareness week, so if you weren’t already aware, you are transgender
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
It’s transgender awareness week, so if you weren’t already aware, you are transgender
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Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
Bwahahahahaha!
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Bwahahahahaha!
A great timeline from @clancyny.bsky.social on Larry Summers and his various firings/leavings from a host of prominent positions since the Crimson article came out (scroll up to start at the top): bsky.app/profile/clan...
Update on Summers' current teaching load!
Three courses not five as the Crimson had reported.
Three courses not five as the Crimson had reported.
After looking at Harvard's course listings I think he's "only" teaching three courses. It appears that two are cross-listed, and at least one is co-taught. courses.my.harvard.edu/psp/courses/...
November 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
A great timeline from @clancyny.bsky.social on Larry Summers and his various firings/leavings from a host of prominent positions since the Crimson article came out (scroll up to start at the top): bsky.app/profile/clan...
I often play the game where President Harris makes a Trumpian move. Can you IMAGINE if Kamala were president and she moved the WWF Summerslam from Boise, Idaho because she called the Governor of Idaho, Brad Little, a fascist thug (which he is) and didn't like Idaho generally?
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I often play the game where President Harris makes a Trumpian move. Can you IMAGINE if Kamala were president and she moved the WWF Summerslam from Boise, Idaho because she called the Governor of Idaho, Brad Little, a fascist thug (which he is) and didn't like Idaho generally?
Laughing in childfree, crying at humanity. Glad not to be contributing further than this lifetime, honestly.
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Laughing in childfree, crying at humanity. Glad not to be contributing further than this lifetime, honestly.
A pretty fascinating read. I have no doubt in my mind that this "romantic" relationship was Summers completely fantasizing abt a woman he found "gorgeous" and who saw him as a mentor. Sounds like she did a good job dodging his advances, a skill that most women get good at if they are succesful.
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: Jeffrey E. Epstein.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
Dhruv T. Patel and Cam N. Srivastava report.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender…
www.thecrimson.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
A pretty fascinating read. I have no doubt in my mind that this "romantic" relationship was Summers completely fantasizing abt a woman he found "gorgeous" and who saw him as a mentor. Sounds like she did a good job dodging his advances, a skill that most women get good at if they are succesful.
Glad I cancelled my subscription to the NYTimes, which was before "women are ruining the workplace."
Sadly not satire, it's the FTFNYT's actual position
Teenagers are old enough to have sex with middle aged men. They are not old enough to be trans.
by Megyn Kelly
by Megyn Kelly
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Glad I cancelled my subscription to the NYTimes, which was before "women are ruining the workplace."