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OK, so life showed up again, and I'm sure you all have plenty of your own pandemic stories. I'm low-key working on writing that book. Y'all know my reputation for writing, though, so don't hold your breath for it. Having students working with me in this research endeavor has been helpful. I'm not going to…

Rural vs. Urban

It's been a while since I posted on here because, frankly, life showed up. So I've been busy dealing with that and enjoying the life that showed up, even the messy parts. I'll talk about that later, though, because today I wanted to get down on digital paper some of the thoughts that have been…

Nature vs. Nurture

Now that we've gotten the idea of queer as a verb out of the way, let's queer the first issue in biology- that of the metaphorical nature and nurture. Most often when discussing development, people will talk about these two influences in reference to genetics and environment, respectively. The idea here is that genetics represent…

Why Queer Biology?

  As a first post to this new endeavor, I'd like to clarify a few terms that will be coming up and take the time to frame exactly what I'll be (or attempt to be) doing with this space. Most people probably know the term "queer" as either a noun or an adjective. As a…