Science needs your voice. Your ideas. Your magic. 💫

There are going to be hard days, so take what you need.

You are POWERFUL.
You are BRILLIANT.
You are REVOLUTIONARY.

Love you 💖

Image 1: Alanah Jewell, @morning.star.designs (IG)
Image 2: Eloy Bida, @eloybida.bsky.social
Image 3: Shannon Jones, IndigenousMagic

oppressed people in the name of science shaped the regulations and laws about consent and ethics in science. We fight for diversity in science so no one has to go through what they did.

#equity #equityinSTEM #STEM #indigenouspeoplesday

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of science. They endured:
- forced sterilization
- nonconsensual testing of new medicines and vaccines
- the collection and research of their genetic material without their knowledge or consent
- unnecessary surgeries for medical study

The traumas experienced by Indigenous Peoples and other

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Today is Indigenous Peoples Day.

More than fifty present-day medications have been developed by examining the use of plant extracts in traditional Native medicines (Smithsonian Institute).

However, we can't ignore the incredible harm that has been inflicted on Indigenous Peoples in the name

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need to make sure they want to stay once they get there.

So we need to elect people who understand bias, promote diversity, and fund historically underinvested science.

Ya dig?

/fin

#equity #equityinscience #science #advocacy #womeninstem #politics #womeninscience #scienceispolitical

science is bad because it's done by people. I'm actually saying the opposite. The MORE people we have doing science from different perspectives, the BETTER it will be.

But those diverse perspectives need to have a seat at the power table first. We need to inspire them to pursue science AND we

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benefits.
Today and historically, the people in control are cis/het/white men. If you identify as anything other than that, you've been a victim of their bias in science.

I know them is fighting words, but fuck I tell ya, I'm in a fighting mood these days.

Now, I'm NOT saying that all

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Science, like everything else humans do, has always been entangled with power. Saying science is "neutral" or "not political" erases the people that have been excluded or hurt by it.

The people in power choose who participates, what gets studied, how results are interpreted, and who

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Product photos coming soon! My very helpful assistant is too cute not to share though 😍

#Jewelry

Doing some product testing this weekend 👀

#Jewelry

jewelry I make celebrates feminine power—bold, vibrant, and unapologetically YOU.

💖What do you think of when you hear the word femmezymatic? I want to hear all of your thoughts!!

reactions that create things your body needs to survive.

femmezymatic is a word I created to embody the unstoppable, life-giving energy that women and femmes bring to the world. Like enzymes spark change in nature, women spark change, creativity, and progress in our communities.

Every piece of
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and diversity of all who identify with feminine energy.
🔬 -zymatic: Inspired by "enzymatic," a term from biochemistry meaning "relating to, caused by, or produced by an enzyme"—those tiny powerhouses that drive essential processes in cells. Enzymes act as catalysts to start chemical
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feminine selves without discrimination.
I'm also a science nerd with advocacy for women & other marginalized groups in science and other male-dominated industries at the top of my priorities.

Let me break it down for you:
💃 Femme: meaning feminine or female, it represents the strength, beauty,
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✨ What does femmezymatic mean? ✨

It's a word I made up! I wanted the name of this project to represent the inspiration behind the jewelry, but I also needed it to honor the women who broke barriers and continue to fight against the patriarchy so that other femme people and I can fully embody our
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My "assistant" and I are hard at work making more sets of all the earrings that will be dropping soon!

#earrings