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“For every life I can’t save during my shift, one more drop of blood becomes a part of me. No matter how many times I wash my hands, our martyrs’ blood seeps beneath my skin, into my cells. By now it’s probably encoded in my DNA.”
― Zoulfa Katouh, As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow

“Because when you’re a woman talking about your research, there are anywhere between one and a million STEMlords ready to exploit every little weakness—every little sign that you’re not a lean, mean science machine.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically

“STEM academia is 98 percent politics and 1 percent science (the rest, I suspect, “I Should Be Writing” memes).”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically

“Academia is so hierarchical, you know? There are all these people who have power over you, who are supposed to guide you and help you become the best possible scientist, but . . . sometimes they don’t know what’s best. Sometimes they don’t care. Sometimes they have their own agenda.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically