Laras

“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

“Seharusnya kamu tidak lagi berpikir bahwa perempuan dan laki-laki itu berbeda. Apa yang bisa dilakukan laki-laki, bisa dilakukan perempuan, begitu juga sebaliknya. Hanya satu yang kami tidak bisa, melahirkan dan menyusui.

Om Vincen”
― Dian Purnomo, Perempuan yang Menangis kepada Bulan Hitam

“Academic job interviews can be just as exhausting, long winded, and soul crushing as Elsie perceives them to be. The feuds within disciplines, just as petty. The power mentors have over their mentees, just as absolute.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love, Theoretically

“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