Book and media reviews from the journal Science, edited by Valerie Thompson.

Valerie Thompson, Editor

Posts tagged with "Performance"

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  Behind the Sheet
  Charly Evon Simpson

  Performance History of Medicine

  A new play honors the enslaved black women who helped improve our understanding of reproductive health

  11 February, 2019

  In the era of #metoo, #citeblackwomen, and #blacklivesmatter—all movements founded by black women that, collectively, seek to call attention to pervasive social injustices and secure acknowledgment of this group’s contributions to American society—Charly Evon Simpson has written a play that centers on the experiences of antebellum-era enslaved women, whose sufferings provided a platform for… Read More
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  SPILL
  Leigh Fondakowski

  Performance Environmental Science, Fossil Fuels, Marine Ecology

  A new play reveals the far-reaching consequences of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

  18 April, 2017

  Few questions provoke a stronger response than those that address the future of energy. Recent controversies surrounding large-scale oil pipeline projects, such as the Dakota Access or the Keystone XL, underline an ever-present tension: Society’s overwhelming dependence on oil results in unacceptable risks to environmental and human health on the one hand while promising fabulous… Read More
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  Boy
  Anna Ziegler

  Performance Gender studies

  Inspired by true events, a new play explores a controversial case of gender reassignment

  1 April, 2016

  In 1966, when David Reimer and his twin brother were only 7 months old, they were brought to a local hospital to be circumcised. A piece of equipment malfunctioned, and David emerged from the operation with his penis obliterated. Desperate and devastated, his parents turned to John Money, a well-known clinical psychologist and influential researcher… Read More