by Emily Scheerer and Abigail Williams
Recently, the author of the popular blog “I fucking love science” (with more than 4 million Facebook followers) created a Twitter account and asked readers for suggestions about other scientists with Twitter accounts she could follow. Instead of answers to her question, Elise Andrew (yes, she’s female) got snarky responses expressing surprise that that she was a woman, and even more shockingly, an attractive woman. Many of her Facebook followers leaped to her defense. Elise Andrew replied with a tweet saying, “EVERY COMMENT on that thread is about how shocking it is that I’m a woman! Is this really 2013?” ... (continue reading)