out of all the famous rapists that nobody talks abt the 1 thats annoying me the most rn is neil degrasse tyson did you know that when he was in graduate school for astronomy he drugged and raped the only other black student in the department & she ended up quitting the field ? if you look at her instagram 1 of her stories highlights is called sexual assault & she says she does miss being a scientist & working on her research project but that shes glad shes a musician now. shes also into some weird spirituality stuff which puts neils reddit atheist shtick into a whole new perspective ...... he has 3 more allegations under his belt btw & 2 of those women are scientists themselves & the other 1 quit working on his fucken astronomy documentary series bc of him like i genuinely do not understand how he still gets to call himself a science educator & brag abt how hes getting more people interested in astronomy when he keeps sexually assaulting scientists & 2 people have already quit the field because of him like explain it to me like im five
2018 essay from famous astrophysicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on how she interprets these allegations as a Black woman in the field and how they fit into broader patterns of inequality:
Accusations that the astrophysicist harassed women remind us that racial and gender bias continue to harm science and scientists
Fairly dry recounting of the sequence of allegations and their (so far few) consequences
More in-depth descriptions of the allegations from three women and Tyson's response (also 2018):
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is now telling his side of the story after being accused of sexual misconduct by three women.



















