The Paradigm Shift We Need For Understanding and Preventing Chronic Disease

Inspired from a thread started by Kathy Eagar, quoted with permission Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya A paradigm shift is needed for chronic disease. They are thought to be caused and prevented by lifestyle factors and individual decisions... But many “mild” infectious diseases can have devastating impacts after the acute phase, even years to decades later. …

ED Care in the Streets

Content warnings: eating disorder, weight bias Caption: 11x17 Poster from NPP's Etsy shop, speech bubble reads "I dream of a world free from eating disorders." "I dream of a world free of eating disorders." For years, I tried to wrap my head around my personal and our collective struggles with recovery. Why did it take …

On the Biological Binary

Photo by Joël de Vriend As some of you may know, I began college in the STEM field. Before God called me to study arts and architecture, I was a biochemistry major for two years. Even before realizing I was non-binary, I have always been fascinated by sexual dimorphism and variations upon it in a …

Four Temperaments Scale & Initial Thoughts

Hey all! Since I'm a bit of the reflective type, I decided to take the Four Temperaments personality test today. Here are my results, and my thoughts on the system. My main temperament is Melancholic, followed by Sanguine, and then Phlegmatic, and finally Choleric. I've included the results below so you can get a better …

Acids & Bases (Basic Principles Of)

Hello hello! We're coming into the last stretch of the semester, with finals week starting this very Friday for us (yoohoo, hi Wellesley students!) So, that leaves me with one more unit of chemistry that I want to cover, which is.... acids and bases! Go ahead and check out last time's crash course on Electrochemistry if you …

Electrochemistry

Thrilled you're here. If you haven't already, I would recommend checking out some of my previous crash courses on Chemistry, such as Chemical Equilibrium from last week. Electrochemistry is the study of redox reactions in the production of (1) electrical currents from spontaneous chemical reactions, and (2) non-spontaneous chemical changes by the use of electrical currents. There …

Chemical Equilibrium

Thanks for joining me again for the newest installment of my crash course series on Chemistry! In case you missed it, last time I wrote on Spontaneity, Entropy, & Free Energy, and today's lesson will be on chemical equilibrium! From last time, we know that If we take the antilogarithm, we get From this equation we …

Spontaneity, Entropy, & Free Energy

Hello there! If you're joining me for the first time, I would recommend checking out some of my previous crash course posts as well. My last post was on Thermochemistry. Today's lesson is going to be long and it's going to be hard! It won't be too bad, because I'm going to try my best to …

Thermochemistry.

Hi there! So I know the previous notes that I've given you in this chemistry series have been difficult. They really are, even for me. That's why teaching it and explaining it in my own words is so helpful for me, and why I'm being persistent in continuing the material. Thankfully, thermochemistry is easier and …

An Initiation to Chemical Kinetics

In chemical reactions, we seek to answer two main questions: How can we know whether a reaction will be spontaneous? Once started, how fast will the reaction proceed? The laws of thermodynamics help us answer (1). Chemical kinetics help us answer (2). The energy difference between products (C+D) and reactants (A+B) pertains to thermodynamics. The …