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it's okay if you have a VAGUE sense of why people are so excited that Dr @Alondra Nelson is going to be the deputy director for Science and Society in the Biden administration. but there are very specific reasons a lot of us are so excited that i want you to enjoy too:
Dr Nelson wrote *Body and Soul* - a history of grassroots organizing, an under-appreciated story of the Black Panther Party opening health centers and fighting for medical rights as a central plank in the fight for civil and human rights.
Dr Nelson wrote *The Social Life of DNA* - honest to god one of the landmark pieces of text for anyone thinking about the history of science and how science projects racism through genetics and DNA.
the deputy director of science & society for the Biden administration is going to be one of the world's most deeply respected experts on the history of science, medicine, technology, & importantly *history*. someone who's created so much of the language we use today.
that's big!
that's big!
(addendum: she's written and done so much more but i can't say strongly enough what a relief it is to be able to genuinely say "you know the incoming official on this topic? she's written many landmark works on this stuff that you should read". god. what a relief)
