Janet Stemwedel writes:
Yes, she's holding a bubbling Erlenmeyer flask; clearly this must be the international symbol for woman chemist. Of course since I'm now a philosopher of science rather than a chemist, one might wonder why I chose to tattoo myself with the international symbol for woman chemist. I guess there's a way that tattoos still serve as tribal markings ... and since the tribe of chemists is the first professional/disciplinary tribe I joined, I feel like my heart is still there even if my faculty billet is in philosophy.