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How The Bearded Lady Project Came to Be I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back. –Maya Angelou There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do. –Amy Poehler I hadn’t showered in three days. It was […]

Becoming a Bearded Lady for Paleontology

My name is Ellen Currano. I’m the daughter of a math professor and a U Chicago alum. I hold a doctoral degree in geosciences and have been a professor for the last five years. All evidence to the contrary, I never have, and never will, consider myself an ivory tower academic, but I do take […]