My lost thesis chapter-thoughts about women, diversity, science and academia

By Maayan Yehudai

Photo by Louis Reed on Unsplash

Third year into my PhD, I was sitting on the subway, reading “Lab Girl” by Hope Jahren[1], when something popped in my chest.

A sink opened in my stomach and my sight became a blur as tears started dripping on the pages. Luckily, you do sometimes see people cry on the subway, so I cried and…