I would just like to add my thoughts in the spirit of the previous replies
to this posting. I work in chemistry, not biology, but I have found the
"political tea party" in this group to be an almost perfect forum for
discussing gender issues in academic life. The discussions are relevant for
women scientists in most priniciples, at least the natural sciences (just a
little precaution there). I have followed the group during several years,
since I was a grad student, during my post-doc and now as a faculty member.
It has given me strength, good ideas and helped me see through some of the
political hype. The only "problem" I have with it is that it's focussed on
academia in the U.S., and your issues don't always apply to my home country
(Sweden). But still, the problems and questions that are discussed here are
pretty universal, and as some of the subjects keep coming back up on the
agenda, it is all too clear that we have an incessant need to talk about
women's issues and equality in academic life. I know I do.
Ann
patricia bowne <pbowne at execpc.com> wrote in message
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> The thread title says it all -- except what
> would we like the ng to do for us? Is there
> a point to having a women-in-biology newsgroup?
> Or is 'women in biology' really not a useful
> grouping -- are we more interested in entomologists'
> or physiologists' newsgroups? What newsgroups do
> we find useful, and why?
>> I'm assuming this is our ng and we could make it
> into something we find useful or amusing. Right now
> it seems to be very decorous, sort of like
> a polite tea-party to which only five or six people
> have shown up. Five or six people make for a small
> party, but they can form a lively conspiracy, strike
> force, writer's group, or jug band -- can't we come up
> with something fun to do on our very own newsgroup?
>> Pat
>>
