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Wait... is that manbearpig? This week, in the season finale (!!), Erica and Kellie take on the 2018 thriller, Annihilation, in which a biologist, anthropologist, psychologist, surveyor, and linguist enter a mysterious Shimmer world. Tune in to hear your favorite microbiologists (well, maybe -- we don’t know your life) discuss stereotypes in STEM, l…
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Do you know analytical geometry? No? Neither do Erica and Kellie. But Katherine Johnson sure does! Listen as they discuss the movie, Hidden Figures, which tells the true stories of the black womxn who helped propel NASA's space program. Erica and Kellie explore the importance of gender and racial diversity in STEM and the differing expectations of …
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Who was Dian Fossey and what is it that she did? Learn all about who this womxn in STEM was (and who she definitely is not), and so much more as Kellie and Erica dive deep into the movie, Gorillas in the Mist, based on the primatologist's autobiographical book with the same name. Listen as they discuss everything from aggressive (often problematic)…
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Something went wrong in the lab today. Very wrong. And by “lab,” they apparently mean a gross apartment definitely not approved by IACUC. Erica and Kellie go in on the representation of science + womxn in science (communication) in the 1986 cult classic, The Fly. Topics covered include: imposter syndrome, teleportation, Erica’s bag of crushes, body…
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Which is more contagious: a mysterious deadly virus or our laughter? Erica and Kellie rigorously fact check the representation of epidemiology, BSL4 etiquette, and, of course, womxn scientists in the 2011 thriller, Contagion. Prepare yourself for a healthy dose of soapbox rants (sorry), as well as discussions about seeing germs everywhere all the t…
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Hold onto your butts! Microbiologists Erica and Kellie discuss the 1993 classic, Jurassic Park, featuring Laura Dern as badass paleobotanist Dr. Ellie Sattler. This episode, they cover dinosaur calls, lizard menstrual cycles, sexism, poop, more poop, Jeff Goldblum's chest, and, as always, representation of womxn in STEM on the big screen. To play a…
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Join microbiologists Kellie Vinal and Erica Bizzell as they examine the representation (or lack thereof) of womxn in STEM in movies! In this episode you'll get a glimpse of what you can expect from this often funny, sometimes serious, occasionally educational exploration of the films that we love (or love to hate)! Please send your movie suggestion…
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