What is this newsletter?
Hi, I’m Alex, a reporter and bioethicist. I started an email newsletter because I’d like to grow a respectful community where we can talk and write about the future of biotech in a fun and productive way.
Here’s where I’ll cover topics like assisted reproduction, the pharmaceutical industrial complex, emerging biotechnologies, and everything in between! My work sits that weird place where policy analysis, academic scholarship, and journalism collide, and that’s what you’ll mostly hear about, with the occasional tangent about pop culture, art and design, feminism, and other assorted progressive issues.
You can also follow my on Twitter (@lexikon1) and Instagram (@a_n_pearl).
Why subscribe?
Because it’s fun! It’s 1 part analysis, 1 part thought leadership you should be reading, and 1 part philosophy.
I’m asking for just $5 a month from subscribers. Mostly this is because Substack won’t let me set a lower price. If you are a student or can’t spent $5 a month please get in touch and I will add you to the paid subscriber list.
Mostly you should subscribe if you can, because I am a freelance writer and an independent researcher and consultant. That means I have no company or institution behind me. I like it that way. I’m free! However, in this dumpster fire we call late-stage capitalism, I also need to buy stuff, like health insurance, preschool for my kid, and food.
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