anaisnein:

softgrunge-silverheels:

nasa-official:

Petition to stop using the phrases “hard sciences” and “soft sciences.” Different fields of science shouldn’t be pitted against each other. A hierarchy of importance shouldn’t exist among scientific fields.

Instead use phrases like “physical sciences,” “social sciences,” “life sciences,” “medical sciences,” etc. You better get across what field you’re actually talking about and don’t put down anyone’s work in the process! It’ll take time to make advances in interdisciplinary research, let’s start by leveling the field to make it possible

Remember too that the ‘soft sciences’ weren’t considered soft until women started practicing them in numbers. The delegitimization of a science goes hand in hand with sexism.

that move to reclassify biology as a soft science now that it has more women in it? it’s not sneaky. we can see that shit.