Kaz Brekker Makes Space for Disabled Characters in Fantasy (By Any Means Necessary)

I intended for this to be written and available before the release of Shadow and Bone season 2 on Netflix, but the longer I thought about...

You Should Start a Podcast, They Said

Did they know what they wanted to hear me talk about? No, but it could be fun, and anyway, I talk a lot. That, I will give them. So,...

In Every Tool, There is a Hammer: Breaking Bullet Journaling to Work For Me

Happy June, everybody! I started bullet journaling in May, after my previous (digital) planner system had started falling into disrepair....

What I Learned from January Pages Challenge on The StoryGraph

So a few days into February, I thought I would wrap with my thoughts about the January Pages Challenge on The StoryGraph and what I...

The Eight Best Books I Read in 2021

It’s 2022, and I ought to get into the swing of things and talk about some books. These are the eight best ones I read in 2021, brought...

Reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks during midterms, and reasons for being a science writer

It’s taken me a minute to figure out how I want to talk about my takeaways from reading The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Being an...

Reflections on Hope Jahren's Lab Girl as a Disabled Woman in STEM

Part 1: An Introduction, And What We Know After sitting on my to-read list for at least a year, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren can be marked...

A List of Useful Resources (with links!)

I wanted to do something for the end of the year, but couldn't think of any particularly relevant article topics. Instead, I decided to...

About the Author

I am an aspiring science communicator from Iowa who decided it would be easier for everyone if I just wrote these things down instead of having to explain them to every single person who was curious. I decided to make them available online so that more than just the people I knew could have access to my perspective. Follow me on Twitter @GwenInTheChair