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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · 6d

Celebrating lab member Madeleine Pape's new article about gender/sex entanglement, structural sexism, and injury through the case of Australian rules football!

Check it out here 🏉 : doi.org/10.1002/ajhb...

Gender/Sex Entanglement, Structural Sexism, and Injury: The Case of Australian Rules Football

This article considers how to approach sporting injury from the perspective of gender/sex entanglement. Taking the case of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, I explore how the gender differen...

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · 6d

Find out what researchers in biomedicine, life-science, and further disciplines can learn from understanding the double historicity of concepts and phenomena of sex and gender 💡⚡

Check out lab member Alex Thinius's new paper:
doi.org/10.1007/s105...

The Double Historicity of Sex and Gender - Archives of Sexual Behavior

Archives of Sexual Behavior -

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Aug 31

US executive order 14168 terminated federal funding for much gender-related research. How can scientists speak out against gender-related disinformation efforts?

Learn more in "Combat disinformation about gender research" by Restar, Gamarel, and Operario here: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Combat disinformation about gender research

US executive order 14168 of 20 January 2025 terminated federal funding for research that examines gender as a scientific and social construct beyond the so-called “immutable biological classification ...

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Aug 28

Call for Commentaries: How Many Sexes Are There? How Many Genders Are There? Deadline September 1st!

🔗 You can access the article at this link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Call for Commentaries: How Many Sexes Are There? How Many Genders Are There? - Archives of Sexual Behavior

Archives of Sexual Behavior -

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Aug 5

You can find the details and application form here: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...

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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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Aug 5

Call for Papers! 🚨

Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century

A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling (@ralmeling.bsky.social) and Sarah Richardson (@profrichardson.bsky.social)

April 16-17, 2026; Yale University, New Haven, CT

Gametic Politics Workshop

Call for papers for social science and humanities scholars studying eggs, sperm, and gender/sex in the 21st century

www.renealmeling.com

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Aug 1

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...

[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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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Aug 1

🔗 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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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Aug 1

"Defending research and clinical practice in gender-related areas must be a priority in the face of perilous new attacks on science and academic freedom" - "Gender Under Attack," by GenderSci Lab director Sarah Richardson (@profrichardson.bsky.social) , in today's Lancet.

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Jul 10

Lab member Jamie Marsella (@jrmarsella.bsky.social) explores America’s long legacy of eugenic pronatalism for @teenvogue.com:

Check out...:

The article: www.teenvogue.com/story/what-i...

Teen Vogue’s Bluesky post:
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Jamie's Bluesky quote tweet:
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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Jul 2

💫 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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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Jul 2

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.

GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Jul 2

GenderSci Lab director Sarah Richardson (@profrichardson.bsky.social) has a new paper out, extending her work on "sex contextualism"!

A GenderSci Lab Blog Q&A about the paper is linked below in the comments.

🔗 Access the new paper here: journals.publishing.umich.edu/ptpbio/artic...

Sex and the Riddle of Variability

Scientific research associations, funders, and publishers have recently introduced sex inclusion mandates requiring the use of male and female specimens in preclinical research designs and the analysi...

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · May 23

Resharing with the update that the GenderSci Lab's NSF grant was terminated last week, leaving us with a $500K shortfall. We are seeking both small donors and partners w/ capacity to provide serious bridge funding for our work while Harvard fights for the future of US higher ed and science.

GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 23

📣 Donate to support the Harvard GenderSci Lab! 📣 If you believe in feminist science, in research that challenges bias, and in training the next generation of feminist scholars — please consider supporting or sharing! Learn more at this link:
www.genderscilab.org/donate

Donate — GenderSci Lab

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · May 12

We are excited to share the upcoming release of Seminal, a groundbreaking collection exploring sperm as a lens into the complex intersections of biology, politics, and health. Lab member Marion Boulicault contributed a chapter based on our sperm decline work.

Flyer for new book, "Seminal: On Sperm, Health, and Politics", available June 2025 for $32.00, edited by Rene Almeling, Lisa Campo-Engelstein and Brian T. Nguyen.

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · May 6

Join author Agustín Fuentes (@anthrofuentes.bsky.social) in conversation with GenderSci Lab Director Sarah Richardson (@profrichardson.bsky.social) about his new book, Sex is a Spectrum: The Biological Limits of the Binary.

📍Harvard Book Store
📆 Tuesday May 13, 7 PM

www.harvard.com/event/agust%...

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 23

📣 Donate to support the Harvard GenderSci Lab! 📣 If you believe in feminist science, in research that challenges bias, and in training the next generation of feminist scholars — please consider supporting or sharing! Learn more at this link:
www.genderscilab.org/donate

Donate — GenderSci Lab

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 2

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 2

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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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 2

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.

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 2

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.

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 2

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.

GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Apr 2

🌟Scholars and activists interested in women’s health, femtech, and capitalism.🌟 Our new piece, forthcoming in Signs, introduces the concept of “investment feminism” as a useful way to understand how financialization shapes the conversation around femtech and gender health equity.
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Investment Feminism and Women's Health

This essay introduces the term investment feminism to characterize the phenomenon in which financial actors position investment as a powerful lever for advancing gender equity. We offer investment fem...

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Mar 18

This powerful excerpt from last week's salon hosted by the Intersectionality Training Institute with Dr. Elle Lett and GenderSci Lab Director Sarah Richardson offers valuable insights on their hopes and dreams for the future of sex and gender science 🌟
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw5T...

What is there to be hopeful abut in the science of gender and sex?

YouTube video by Intersectionality Training Institute

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GenderSci Lab @genderscilab.bsky.social · Mar 11

Join The Intersectionality Training Institute on Thursday, March 12 from 5:00 to 6:30PM EDT for a salon hosted by Dr. Elle Lett featuring GenderSci Lab Director Sarah Richardson on Sex, Gender, Law, Policy & How We Got Here.

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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