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Last summer Angela Garbes interviewed me for an incredible essay “ The More I Learn About Breast Milk, The More Amazed I Am .” A subject we discussed was one of those things you can’t unlearn: Baby Spit Backwash. During the interview, I emphasized that the specific "baby saliva triggers immunofactors to increase in breastmilk" remains a hypothesis. But key links in this pathway have been empirically demonstrated: Artwork by Kd Neely 1) Moms increase the concentration of some immunofactors in breastmilk when babies are sick (but moms are not) (Hassiotou et al. 2013; Breakey et al. 2015). 2) When babies suckle, nipple diameter increases and  there is a vacuum with negative pressure,  delivering fluids  from the infant oral cavity — a cocktail of milk and saliva— back into the ducts of the breast. For the record the technical term for "baby spit backwash" is "retrograde milk flow" ( Geddes et al. 2008;  Geddes 2009;  Geddes et al. 2012; Ramsey et al. 2004 ).

I find myself often thinking of the Make Love, Not Warcraft episode of South Park. Every time Stan, Cartman, Kyle and Kenny load into Azeroth to go questing, a way-higher-level dude shows up and kills them , even though they don’t agree to duel. They concoct an elaborate long-term strategy to avoid the guy by hiding in the forest, slaying boars, to gain levels in order to eventually be strong enough to defeat him. The exchange at the end is the most poignant to me.   Stan: I can't believe it's all over. What do we do now? Cartman: What do you mean? Now we can finally play the game. Unlike a cartoon about a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game , however, there isn’t just one person ruining the game. There is an entire academic culture organized around professional privilege and imbalances of power. And multiple harassers and assaulters are navigating these landscapes targeting vulnerable trainees . In the midst of whispers, outright disclosures, and even confirmatory

You’re an academic and you want to reach a wider audience. You are going to translate the kickass science in your area of expertise for the layperson in the awesome form of open access online essays (doesn’t that sound better than “blogpost”?). After years, if not decades, of honing your acadamese, your new challenge is jettisoning all that obfuscation and jargon to make nuanced information accessible, interpretable, and communicable among non-experts. Here is a handy-dandy definitive guide that has everything you need to know in its entirety and no reader could possibly benefit from reading additional essays from numerous brilliant others by google-searching phrases like “ how to blog as an academic .” the internet But obviously this guide is superior because it HAS AN ACRONYM!  The ACCESS guide to academic blogging™ A udience • C urrent • C ontent • E xpertise • S tory • S ocial media A. Identifying your AUDIENCE early in the process is key. Make a list of categories of people you