Starre Vartan
@starrevartan.bsky.social
I'm a Science Journo & Author: The Stronger Sex (Seal Press/Hachette, 2025) Also: Weightlifter, Ceramic Sculptor, Wild swimmer, Ecstatic Dancer, Trailrunner 🇦🇺🇺🇸 dual citizen
Bylines: Nat Geo, WashPo, SciAm (+ pods), my book 👇
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Bylines: Nat Geo, WashPo, SciAm (+ pods), my book 👇
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Starre Vartan
@starrevartan.bsky.social
· Jul 15
Its my pub day! You can now get my book everywhere is the US & Canada! (UK, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Korea coming soon). Order it to join in on a celebration of the female body's strength!
JFC this is scary.
Don't know whether this is new or has been up for awhile. Either way, when the White House creates a hit list of journalists it doesn't like, the free press is in danger. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
Media Offenders
Explore the Media Bias Tracker that fact checks and holds Fake News accountable. False claims debunked, Hall of Shame for serial offenders, Leaderboard of networks ranked by Repeated Lies. Stay inform...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 1, 2025 at 10:09 AM
JFC this is scary.
I want to kiss them all over their funny little heads and hug them tight and then pop them in my mouth for safekeeping.
(And would never do any such thing but OH THAT IS HOW THEY MAKE ME FEEL!!!! Don't worry I'm vegetarian, but what is it with putting cute animals in our mouths??)
(And would never do any such thing but OH THAT IS HOW THEY MAKE ME FEEL!!!! Don't worry I'm vegetarian, but what is it with putting cute animals in our mouths??)
I had the joy of getting to meet some baby blue-winged parrots today 💚💙
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I want to kiss them all over their funny little heads and hug them tight and then pop them in my mouth for safekeeping.
(And would never do any such thing but OH THAT IS HOW THEY MAKE ME FEEL!!!! Don't worry I'm vegetarian, but what is it with putting cute animals in our mouths??)
(And would never do any such thing but OH THAT IS HOW THEY MAKE ME FEEL!!!! Don't worry I'm vegetarian, but what is it with putting cute animals in our mouths??)
Worth reading the excerpted essay & teacher's comments. This essay was written by a JUNIOR in college (and OSU is a good school!).
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Worth reading the excerpted essay & teacher's comments. This essay was written by a JUNIOR in college (and OSU is a good school!).
I'm having Lewinsky flashbacks reading dudes' reporting on Olivia Nuzzi. Where's the feminist POV - essay abt how she lost her dad young, then her mom, then Olbermann groomed her as a COLLEGE student, then she's been used and abused by powerful old duds. I'm not the only one seeing this, right?
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I'm having Lewinsky flashbacks reading dudes' reporting on Olivia Nuzzi. Where's the feminist POV - essay abt how she lost her dad young, then her mom, then Olbermann groomed her as a COLLEGE student, then she's been used and abused by powerful old duds. I'm not the only one seeing this, right?
Long run, long swim, long coffee (while spotting migrating whale tails from The Scarborough Hotel's beautiful overlook), long walk back, long nap. Now back to work! #australia #wombarrabeach #wombarrarockpool #beautifulday
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Long run, long swim, long coffee (while spotting migrating whale tails from The Scarborough Hotel's beautiful overlook), long walk back, long nap. Now back to work! #australia #wombarrabeach #wombarrarockpool #beautifulday
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A man in France is accused of drugging more than 200 women at a job interview.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
‘I didn’t even know this type of attack existed’: more than 200 women allege drugging by senior French civil servant
In a case echoing the Pelicot trial, dozens of women allege they were given hot drinks mixed with a diuretic to make them urinate. Three of them speak out here
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A man in France is accused of drugging more than 200 women at a job interview.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
He gave them a drug to make them need to urinate, and then made sure they didn’t have access to a toilet.
Many had to urinate in public or have accidents.
This is why we choose the bear.
Yes!!!! I started ceramics 4 years ago. Most of what I make sucks but I'm learning SO much & occasionally I make something good -- can't wait to see where I get in 4 more years of practce!
I'm old.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
If you're not, listen to this.
Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.
Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.
It's literally never been more important.
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Yes!!!! I started ceramics 4 years ago. Most of what I make sucks but I'm learning SO much & occasionally I make something good -- can't wait to see where I get in 4 more years of practce!
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Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Australia recorded ZERO cases of cervical cancer in women under 25 for the first time since they started tracking the cancer in the 80s.
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
This is the power of vaccines.
The HPV vaccine is extremely effective at preventing cancer.
Viruses can be oncogenic. Get your vaccines and protect yourself!
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Like seriously what is wrong with people with too much money
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
November 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Like seriously what is wrong with people with too much money
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
"Im going to the bottom of the ocean" "im going in a volcano" "im going into space" "im climbing a dangerous mountain"
Raise the taxes for their own safety my god
I'm proud to say my 1st FREE newsletter, Palimpsest of Flesh, is launched into the world! The Corpus (essay) is about how I've linked AI face, female bodily autonomy, and trad wives to the same (inhumane) root issue. ALSO: book, pod, & watch recs! palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io/the-thought-...
The Thought Lab, AI Face, & What to See/Hear/Read
The clothing or the coifs could be from any era, but the physiques and faces beneath the maxi dresses and the makeup could only be from the 2020s. This is a deeper shift than just a hemline or a platf...
palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I'm proud to say my 1st FREE newsletter, Palimpsest of Flesh, is launched into the world! The Corpus (essay) is about how I've linked AI face, female bodily autonomy, and trad wives to the same (inhumane) root issue. ALSO: book, pod, & watch recs! palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io/the-thought-...
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In today’s ‘Vaccines Work, You Idiots’ news.
Incredible and enviable and with alt-text
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
In today’s ‘Vaccines Work, You Idiots’ news.
Very "Blue Steel" :)
One of the fun southern #CostaRica specialties, the Speckled Tanager. In San Vito, Puntarenas.
#birds #green #nature
#birds #green #nature
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Very "Blue Steel" :)
The coolest photo of my book yet! Look at those colors!!!
Damn straight, @starrevartan.bsky.social! This is top of my holiday reading pile - can't wait to get into it.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The coolest photo of my book yet! Look at those colors!!!
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Please see below the ICE rapid response community network phone numbers for the Bay Area. Share widely.
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Please see below the ICE rapid response community network phone numbers for the Bay Area. Share widely.
Face card never declines.
Weddell seal pups can be curious if you’re sitting next to them quietly. Here, we were collecting a scat sample and the little one leaned a bit closer to see what I was doing.
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
Permit # ACA 2025-010, AMLR LARUE2025
🧪🌎🦑🦊
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Face card never declines.
Me every time I read an article about MAHA, millionaire biohackers, and any other trendy health BS. (Add to this list: plenty of good sleep!):
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Me every time I read an article about MAHA, millionaire biohackers, and any other trendy health BS. (Add to this list: plenty of good sleep!):
Working on my next book! Lots of reading to do - and no need to be inside to do it! #readoutside #author #sciencejournalism
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Working on my next book! Lots of reading to do - and no need to be inside to do it! #readoutside #author #sciencejournalism
My first FREE newsletter will be publishing this week! Sign up here if you want to hear from me on fun, fascinating viewpoints into our shared human past and complex present. palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io
Palimpsest of Flesh
Anatomy, Anthropology, and Art from Starre Vartan
palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io
November 24, 2025 at 5:41 AM
My first FREE newsletter will be publishing this week! Sign up here if you want to hear from me on fun, fascinating viewpoints into our shared human past and complex present. palimpsest-of-flesh.ghost.io
They ALWAYS say these pipelines are so safe and will never have leaks and they ALWAYS have leaks!!!
Olympic Pipeline spill outside of Everett is one of several in recent years
Olympic Pipeline spill outside of Everett is one of several in recent years | Cascadia Daily News
BP and Ecology have not yet determined amount of fuel released
www.cascadiadaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:09 AM
They ALWAYS say these pipelines are so safe and will never have leaks and they ALWAYS have leaks!!!
Australia is halfway through a radical and wide-reaching project to address the research gap in women's athletics. Such an amazing initiative. www.ausport.gov.au/media-centre...
Australia steps up to address research gap in women's sport | ASC
The race to close the research gap in women’s sport has taken a significant step with leading Australian researchers and sport scientists commencing a historic two-year project.
www.ausport.gov.au
November 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Australia is halfway through a radical and wide-reaching project to address the research gap in women's athletics. Such an amazing initiative. www.ausport.gov.au/media-centre...
ANYthing but questioning the rapacious capitalist patriarchal systems of thought and economics.
A 25-person startup is developing technology to block the sun and turn down the planet’s thermostat.
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
The stakes are huge — and the company and its critics say regulations need to catch up.
Read more: politi.co/4iaojIc
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 AM
ANYthing but questioning the rapacious capitalist patriarchal systems of thought and economics.
Working on a vodcast with a VERY COOL PERSON. Can't wait to share this with you all!
a blue cartoon character is holding a zipper in his mouth and saying `` zipped '' .
ALT: a blue cartoon character is holding a zipper in his mouth and saying `` zipped '' .
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Working on a vodcast with a VERY COOL PERSON. Can't wait to share this with you all!
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I'm in! Dec. 9 -15, Women's Visibility Week on LinkedIn!
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Megan Cornish switched her gender to "male" on LinkedIn and saw a huge spike in her post engagement. She wrote a post about “LinkedIn liking me better as a man” which went viral, and a LinkedIn reached out to talk. On AI perpetuating the patriarchy and more: megancornish.substack.com/p/a-week-as-...
A Week as a Man, A Conversation With LinkedIn, and Some Data We Need to Talk About.
A closer look at the gap between “neutral” algorithms and gendered outcomes.
megancornish.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm in! Dec. 9 -15, Women's Visibility Week on LinkedIn!
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Gender bias can be too subtle for the brightest, 1-sided minds. Discussion too often is just ramming your head vs a wall.
Parallel - White Settler privilege.
Megan Cornish switched her gender to "male" on LinkedIn and saw a huge spike in her post engagement. She wrote a post about “LinkedIn liking me better as a man” which went viral, and a LinkedIn reached out to talk. On AI perpetuating the patriarchy and more: megancornish.substack.com/p/a-week-as-...
A Week as a Man, A Conversation With LinkedIn, and Some Data We Need to Talk About.
A closer look at the gap between “neutral” algorithms and gendered outcomes.
megancornish.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Megan Cornish switched her gender to "male" on LinkedIn and saw a huge spike in her post engagement. She wrote a post about “LinkedIn liking me better as a man” which went viral, and a LinkedIn reached out to talk. On AI perpetuating the patriarchy and more: megancornish.substack.com/p/a-week-as-...
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I couldn't agree more. 🤘💙 youtu.be/Sm589l1qTL8?...
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I couldn't agree more. 🤘💙 youtu.be/Sm589l1qTL8?...