Strangely enough I've actually met Siouxsie before during my first semester at university. She and this other lady ran this course, basically to broaden scientific perspectives and understanding of the scientific method etc. They eventually took us through some useful things like what makes a good research proposal for grants in future semesters. But the first semester was more focused on kind of keeping us entertained with different interesting talks, and they'd have a lot of guest speakers come in.
The other course coordinator along with Siouxsie called herself a 'gender historian'. Yep. Needless to say it was quite an uncomfortable first semester. In one session the gender historian posed the question; does Elon Musk sending a tesla into outer space a symbol of toxic masculinity? Just one of the many examples where they pushed their philosophies.
Sioxsie herself ran one session about infectious diseases. I can't remember much about the content. However we had a movie night to follow that session the film we watched was called 'Contagion'. Surprisingly or unsurprisingly, the entire plot line is exactly what the mainstream media is trying to tell us.
The plot basically boils down to: some person contracts a deadly contagious disease in China, gets spread worldwide but mostly in the States. Lots of predictable things happen, and there's also many forgettable characters each with their own side stories. Eventually a vet develops a vaccine, heroically tests it on herself to see if it works. It does. And everyone is saved. Hurray!
Pretty crazy that she's basically playing out the script from a movie she got my classmates to watch!
