Reality Checks: Erasing Female Genitalia, Vaginal Rejuvenation, Spying on Whales. and Blue Diamond Origins

Elizabeth — August 2, 2018

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A brief history of medical textbooks erasing female genitalia. (via Vice)
FDA is cracking down on “vaginal rejuvenation” scams. (via Ars Technica)
Spying on whales. (via NPR)
Blue diamonds come from very deep in the earth, or “the hellish depths” if you prefer. (via Washington Post)

Featured image credit:Fancy Diamonds via flickr

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Elizabeth is a professional belly dancer, a flaky computer scientist, and a returned Peace Corps volunteer. She lives in Georgia (the state of the U.S., not the country) but is nonetheless somehow not a combination of stereotypes from Gone with the Wind and Deliverance. Her personal blog is Coffeefied. Operafied. Fluffified. Beglittered.

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Reality Checks: Erasing Female Genitalia, Vaginal Rejuvenation, Spying on Whales. and Blue Diamond Origins

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Reality Checks: Understanding Pedestrians, Ancient Frozen Nematodes, Producing Bose-Einstein Condensates, and Wikipedia to Recognizing Women in Science

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