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'''Elise Andrew''' (born 1989) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[blog]]ger, [[social media]] specialist |
'''Elise Andrew''' (born 1989) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[blog]]ger, [[social media]] specialist and [[webmaster]]. She is the founder and maintainer of the [[Facebook]] page "I Fucking Love Science". |
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==Personal life and education== |
==Personal life and education== |
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Revision as of 18:20, 11 November 2013
Elise Andrew | |
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| Born | 1989 (age 34–35) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | (Bsc. Biology) |
| Occupation(s) | Blog writer, science communicator and webmaster |
| Known for | Founder of "I Fucking Love Science" |
Elise Andrew (born 1989) is a British blogger, social media specialist and webmaster. She is the founder and maintainer of the Facebook page "I Fucking Love Science".
Personal life and education
Elise Andrew is originally from Suffolk. Andrew studied biology in university, specialising in animal sciences and evolution,[1] at the University of Sheffield and graduated in 2012.[2] Her favorite scientist is Rita Levi-Montalcini and favorite authors are Richard Dawkins and Neil deGrasse Tyson; she also credits the work of Carl Sagan for inspiring her interest in science.[3] She currently lives and works in Midland, Ontario.[4]
Career
Andrew currently works for LabX Media Group as a Social Media Content Manager.[1] She was hired by LabX based on the Facebook pages she maintains as a volunteer;[2] "I Fucking Love Science", "Earth Story", "Evolution", and "The Universe".[2] Her work with social media and science has been covered by ScienceWorld, National Geographic, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maclean's, Geeked, The Huffington Post, CBS This Morning, New York Daily News, Mashable and Süddeutsche Zeitung.[3][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
I Fucking Love Science
Andrew started the Facebook page "I Fucking Love Science" in March 2012,[3] saying of the creation that "I was always finding bizarre facts and cool pictures and one day I decided to create somewhere to put them – it was never supposed to be more than me posting to a few dozen of my friends." After the first day of being on Facebook, the page had over 1,000 likes,[1] and passed 1 million likes in September 2012.[1] As of August 2013, the page has over 6.3 million likes.[14] Elise is currently the sole maintainer of the page.[3] The page has been criticized for rehosting copyrighted content without attribution.[15]
In March 2013, Andrew created a Twitter account. She used a photograph of herself for her Twitter avatar and then posted a link to the Twitter account on the "I Fucking Love Science" Facebook page.[5] Facebook fans were surprised that Andrew was a woman, and responses were a mix of sexist and supportive comments.[7] Andrew was baffled by the surprise of her Facebook followers about her gender, because there had been a photograph of her with Richard Dawkins on the page's "about" section since November 2012, along with media coverage interviewing Andrew.[4] When questioned about the cause of the gender misunderstanding, Andrew claimed she had no idea, but admitted that the use of swear words "is not very lady-like".[10] She also runs the mirror page Science is Awesome, for those offended by the strong language, which has more than 386,000 likes.[16]
On April 23, 2013 Scientific American blogger Alex Wild accused Andrew of pirating photos and artwork for her Facebook page without requesting permission from the copyright holders and according to unnamed sources within Facebook, Facebook has received over 6,000 copyright complaints in 2013 regarding IFLS. [17] [18]
References
- ^ a b c d Hudson, Richard. "Interview with Elise Andrew". The Chemical Blog. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b c Woolf, Nicky. "Elise Andrew: "There is a lot of pseudo-science and nonsense out there on the internet"". Nicky Woolf in America. New Statesman. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b c d Stoianovici, Alex. "Mad about science. Interview with Elise Andrew, creator of I Fucking Love Science". Features. Science World. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b Lunau, Kate. "Elise Andrew on why she loves science". Science. Maclean's. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b Dell'Amore, Christine. "Why Is a Woman Who Loves Science So Surprising?". Daily News. National Geographic. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Cheng, Hannah. "She F***ing Loves Science". Scope. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b "Elise Andrew on science and sexism: 'Is this really 2013?'". Need to Know. Maclean's. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ "Technically Speaking - Women in Science". We Geeked This. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
{{cite web}}:|first=missing|last=(help) - ^ York, Christopher. "I Fucking Love Science Founder, Elise Andrew, Joins Twitter, Gets 'Sexist' Comments". UK. Huffington Post. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ a b "Female science blogger stuns fans". CBS. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Taylor, Victoria. "Sexism in science lives on as Facebook users admit their surprise to learn 'I f---ing love science' creator is a woman". U.S. New York Daily News. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ Wills, Amanda. "Why Everyone F*cking Loves Science — and Elise Andrew". Mashable. Retrieved 2013-09-11.
- ^ Jakat, Lena. "Women in science: Elise fucking loves Science". Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 2013-03-30.
- ^ "I fucking love science". Facebook Inc. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
- ^ Wild, Alex (4/23/13). "Facebook's "I F*cking Love Science" does not f*cking love artists". Scientific American. Retrieved 4/23/13.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ Holpuch, Amanda. "Popular science blog is run by a woman – to the surprise of some on Facebook". US News Blog. US News. Retrieved 2013-04-08.
- ^ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2013/04/23/facebooks-i-fcking-love-science-does-not-fcking-love-artists/
- ^ http://www.dailydot.com/society/fucking-love-science-facebook-theft-elise-andrew/