Melissa Hogenboom BBCVerified account

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Award-winning science journalist. Editor of . My book The Motherhood Complex is out now ⬇️. Newsletter:

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    There’s a story in my book about the time I interviewed Sir David Attenborough as it was coincidentally the day I announced my pregnancy at work at 18 weeks - he wished me luck. I got this through my letterbox yesterday 🤩🥰

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  2. 17 hours ago

    Motherhood is steeped in perfectionistic expectations and judgements, which can have enduring effects on a mother’s changing sense of self, explains.

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  4. It was a lot of fun speaking to about the End of the Universe - luckily it's a while away yet... And also, I got animated riding a unicorn so win win.

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  5. Why are mothers expected to be so perfect? I explained why 'ideal mother' norms have to stop in my animated essay on rethinking motherhood - these mythical ideals harm all of us

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  6. Aug 10

    So, perhaps we started kissing from close sniffing. Hat tip to for first asking why kissing is so uncommon in the animal kingdom if there is an evolutionary purpose to it

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  7. My four year old is already complaining about gendered language. 'Why is X calling me a boy?' she just asked, in response to the Dutch 'hey jongens' which translates to 'hey boys' but is used like we do 'hey guys'. 😬

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  8. 'All these ideas and ideals about what motherhood is—it’s enough to give you a complex. These competing pressures are why we have this constant clash of selves.' Thanks for featuring me and my new book in this piece

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  9. Our team is hiring an audience development editor to work across our fabulous features sites

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  10. Wildfires are becoming more frequent, more widespread, and more intense.

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  11. Aug 2

    Comps, stone subs and a printer's pie... the lost jargon and practices of the pre-digital journalist sub-editor

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  12. Brilliant opportunity to get into climate reporting here:

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  14. Thanks for discussing gender inequality during the transition to parenthood - great to be part of the conversation

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  15. Jul 27

    Thanks so much for this amazing video they produced about How You Say It, and the importance of understanding accent biases and linguistic prejudice!

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  16. Jul 26

    The radical US commune that believed sex could bring immortality.

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  19. Every year I retweet this piece on how to spot drowning. Last year someone replied saying they’d read my RT the previous year and later rescued a kid. TL;DR: drowning kids usually don’t scream or splash about.

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  20. Our local ⁦⁩ was just 🙌. 23.20 and one of 150 or so runners.

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  21. "Glaciers disappearing. That is what we hear. But the worst is what most never see.”

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