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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho

@vcampanacho.bsky.social

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Bioanthropologist interested in osteology, paleopathology, history of anthropology, ethics, curation practices, and women in science. Feminist and setting my own path in science. She/her

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 20d

My webinar talk about digital ethics on the display of human ancestors on Youtube for the BeFRAIL webinar series is now live on my Youtube channel BioantTalks #ethics #bioanthropology #anthropology
youtu.be/Ne0YC1x6QwQ

Exploring Digital Ethics and Public Opinion on the Display of Human Ancestors on YouTube

YouTube video by BioantTalks

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Julia Lurie @julialurie.bsky.social · 11h

When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless

"You're just a number to them."

www.motherjones.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15h

GOP’s labor market policy is market protectionism for white men.

Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 16h

"For the first time since the 1960s, the earnings gap between men and women has widened two years in a row...with women earning 80.9 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2024. That compares to women earning 84 cents for every dollar a man earned in 2022."

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Women are taking pay cuts as companies mandate return to office

Researchers are identifying several key factors behind why gender pay gap – which had narrowed steadily over the years – has suddenly widened.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Aubrey Hirsch @aubreyhirsch.bsky.social · 1d

Did you know that if you buy my book on Amazon, Jeff Bezos makes 5 times as much as I do on each copy sold? Sharing some behind-the-scenes book math on why buying directly from presses is best for EVERYONE (except Bezos) in my newsletter today! aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/book-math

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · 1d

"Mamdani told me he understands that his success or failure will not be seen as only his own. He is right."

This is true but also tells on itself because The Discourse Gatekeepers do not declare centrism dead because Eric Adams proved to be an incompetent buffoon crook. It only goes one way!

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

www.nytimes.com

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations!!!

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Marta Mirazon Lahr @martamlahr.bsky.social · 2d

Today was the ceremony for new fellows at the #BritishAcademy - it was wonderful 🤩. I am thrilled and so grateful to the colleagues who nominated me, elected me, and the many colleagues, students, friends, our kids & family, & specially Rob 😍 who have so enriched my life and career ❤️

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University Archaeology Day @uniarchday.bsky.social · 1d

Thinking about Rome again?! Also check out our lovely friends over at the Classical Association classicalassociation.org (they don't seem to be on Bluesky!) for more resources and events on all things Roman, Greek and Egyptian!

Image shows Dr Louise O'Brien, an Egyptologist at the University of Liverpool, sitting in front of a lot of academic books, to advertise the Classical Association's podcast featuring Experts in Residence. The topmost QR code links to the podcast, the lower one to more information on University Archaeology Day on 27/10/25 at the British Library.

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 2d

They are afraid of our power!

AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 2d

So this teacher Charles McCant casually tries to indoctrinate the kids at LoveJoy High School to believe women shouldn't be educated. And turns out this isn't the first time this social studies teacher has been saying this.

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MomsRising @momsrising.org · 2d

We discuss how family-supportive policies benefit both workers and employers, and a recent legal victory for the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act w/ @abetterbalance.org.

https://www.momsrising.org/bt29sep25/?source=bsky

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Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

Most of rural Alaska is Alaska Native. Bonus donating to support Alaska Native people on Indigenous Peoples Day.

Dr. Kat Napaaqtuk❄️ @napaaqtuk.bsky.social · 2d

Western Alaska was hit hard by the recent storms. Houses floated away in Kipnuk, houses flipped over, people lost everything from the flooding that came with the storms. Please donate if you can. This group has a long history of supporting AK communities.

alaskacf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/c...

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Tewa Women United @tewawomenunited.bsky.social · 4d

We put together a list of #IndigenousPeoplesDay events happening this weekend and Monday, Oct 13, here in Northern #NewMexico -- a day to celebrate our histories + cultures, and our enduring presence as stewards of earth, air, + waters. How are you celebrating?

tewawomenunited.org/2025/10/indi...

Native design poster on black background, words:
Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration
Santa Fe Plaza, New Mexico

artist: George Toya

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 2d

Every single desi techbro in Silicon Valley however does not have a humanities education—I can almost guarantee this.
Furthermore they were raised to believe that their ‘beautiful STEM minds’ will fix the world.
Also, you can absolutely get a Great White Men humanities education and learn nothing.

brasidas @brasidas.bsky.social · 3d

Anyone who claims that Silicon Valley would be better with more humanities education has to grapple with the fact that Peter Thiel was a philosophy major.

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SAPIENS Magazine @sapiens.org · 2d

“While breast reconstruction helps many women regain a sense of self following a mastectomy, it is not always a clearly informed choice.”

Anthropologist Arianna Huhn reflects on her experience fighting breast cancer and her decision to “go flat”: lnkd.in/e9jHtchj

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Siân Halcrow @ancientchildren.bsky.social · 2d

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

www.science.org

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 3d

Meanwhile, ed tech companies are salivating--eager to sell "solutions" to families whose schools will now struggle (even more than they already have) to meet their kids' learning needs.

(Here are a few of the ed tech ads I've been tracking over the past few months)

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 3d

“Due to the government shutdown, Smithsonian museums, research centers, and the National Zoo are temporarily closed. Please check back for reopening updates.”

Plan accordingly.

Smithsonian Institution | Home

Plan your visit or explore online the world's largest museum, research, and education complex.

www.si.edu

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 3d

“the manosphere generates its own untested and speculative evolutionary hypotheses, or “just-so stories”, about men, women, and society…

..we reflect on implications for evolutionary scholars and for the field as a whole, in terms of ethics and public image”

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

A Hundred and Two Just-So Stories: Exploring the Lay Evolutionary Hypotheses of the Manosphere | Evolutionary Human Sciences | Cambridge Core

A Hundred and Two Just-So Stories: Exploring the Lay Evolutionary Hypotheses of the Manosphere

www.cambridge.org

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 4d

At a time when so many people feel “really powerless, Michelle’s work is a reminder that it’s still possible to be powerful, and she’s done it through art.”

One woman’s quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

One woman's quest to reclaim the ugly history of Black maternal health

Artist Michelle Browder's Mothers of Gynecology project is an act of resistance.

www.motherjones.com

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 5d

Here I am. Once again. I'm out of archaeologists.

We matched 576 groups w/archaeologists, leaving 13 groups unmatched. This brings me pain! We've never run out of scientists like this before. 598 requests for one category is A LOT. But still.

Archaeologists 🥺
www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

Skype a Scientist gives you the opportunity to connect with students and the public around the world.

www.skypeascientist.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5d

Just wrapped a great conversation with @kaitlancollins.bsky.social. Watch tonight at 9pm on @cnn.com.

Zohran and Kaitlan Collins on set at CNN sitting next to each other and smiling.

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Siân Halcrow @ancientchildren.bsky.social · 5d

The Invisible Evidence of Birth: Evaluating the Relationship Between Pelvic Shape and Parity with a Pelvic Pattern Index www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

The Invisible Evidence of Birth: Evaluating the Relationship Between Pelvic Shape and Parity with a Pelvic Pattern Index

It is well known that parity indirectly and directly affects the human skeleton through biomechanical strain during pregnancy, birth, lactation, and sexual steroid hormone expression. Pelvic features ...

www.researchsquare.com

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 5d

Yes!

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 6d

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."

-Faith Ringgold (1930-2024)

#WomensArt #FridayFeeling

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 6d

She makes a good summary of the dark enlightenment technobros wants to bring to society worldwide youtu.be/MXt993TvBtU?...

This is the hope I didn’t know I needed.

YouTube video by things your mom should’ve told you

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6d

A large new study confirms: Age and gender biases are deeply baked into what we see online

It's true: The internet skews the reality of women (and men) in the workforce

Age and gender biases are baked into what we see online, a large new study confirms.

www.motherjones.com

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Dr. Vanessa Campanacho @vcampanacho.bsky.social · 6d

As a woman who was once a girl, I can say with 100% security that "mommy skills" are not innate in girls! These stupid stereotypes hurt girls and society

AskAubry 🦝 🐆 @askaubry.com · 7d

Dude posted this saying his daughter will be his "second mom" thinking this is a positive message about little girls. 😒

pregnant woman asks her husband: "What are you expecting, a boy or a girl?" "

The husband replies: "If it's a boy, I'll teach him math, we'll work out together, teach him how to fish, etc." "

The woman, laughing, asks: "What if it's a girl?" "

The husband smiles and says, "If it's a girl, I won't have to teach her anything." She will teach me everything: how to dress, how to eat, what to say and what not to say. Very soon, she'll become like a second mom to me, and even without doing anything special, she'll always consider me as her hero. She'll understand when I tell her no and she'll still compare her future husband to me. No matter how old she gets, she will always want me to treat her like my little princess. She'll fight for me against the world, and if anyone hurts me, she'll never forgive them. "

The woman, a little intrigued, asks: "You mean your daughter would do all this, but not your son?" "

The husband says, "No, no! My son could do this too, but he will have to learn