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Agostina Mileo
Born (1987-09-18) 18 September 1987 (age 37)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
EducationBSc Environmental sciences, MSc Science communication
Alma materNational University of Tres de Febrero, Pompeu Fabra University
Occupation(s)Writer, science communicator, environmentalist
AwardsLola Mora Award

Agostina Mileo (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 18 September 1987) is an Argentine environmentalist, science communicator, and writer. Through her alter ego Scientist Barbie,[1] she analyzes how the gender gap in science affects the production of knowledge.[2] Mileo is the author of the popular science book "Let Science accompany you (to fight for your rights)".[3] She is part of the group Economía Feminista where she leads the MenstruAction[4] campaign that seeks, among other things, to make visible how menstruation is a factor of inequality for women.[5]

Career

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Agostina Mileo giving a talk at the conference "Barra Libre sobre Género y Divulgación Científica"

Mileo has a degree in Environmental sciences and a master's degree in Scientific communication. She is currently a doctoral student in History and Epistemology of Science at the National University of Tres de Febrero in Argentina.[6]

She developed much of her work through her alter ego as the Scientist Barbie. Mileo has been described as "the Argentine that is all the rage among Millennials"[7] for her work in the development of scientific dissemination strategies and her impact on young people.[8] Scientist Barbie was born as a communication resource with the objective of confronting prejudices, gender bias and promoting the desacralization of science.[9] In this sense, Mileo seeks to meet an existing demand from people who are interested in science without having it studied.[9]

Mileo is part of the Economía Feminista collective where she coordinates the MenstruAcción campaign that seeks to end the stigma of the menstrual period, guarantee the free provision of menstrual products[10] and raise awareness of the impact on the fundamental rights of women.[11] Currently, eleven bills have been presented in the framework of the campaign, both at the national level and in different Argentine provinces.[12]

Between September 2020 and November 2022, Mileo wrote the newsletter "Que la ciencia te acompañe"[13] ("May science be with you") — same title as her book —, published every Monday and corresponding to the "Science, knowledge and dissemination" section (later called "Science and technology") of the digital media outlet Cenital.

She published with Indielibros "Maternal Instinct. Since when is childbirth a destiny?", an essay in which she reviews how throughout history a relationship between Motherhood and being a woman was established and denatures the idea that having and caring for children justifies any sacrifice, without the possibility of questioning it.[14] Mileo made "the Noticiencia", a series of thirty short videos about scientific communication with a gender perspective for El Canciller[15] and published The Steps of Aquiles[16] on the scientific culture site of the National University of General Sarmiento.

Since 2024, she hosts Noticias de ayer, a program about philosophy and contemporary events, with Natalí Incaminato and Danila Suárez Tomé on the Youtube channel Posdata.

Awards

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As part of Mileo's work in Economía Feminista, they received the Lola Mora Awards in 2016 for best digital medium awarded, by the General Directorate for Women and promoted by the legislature of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ Castro, Matías. "Quién es la "Barbie científica", la argentina que es furor entre los millennials". www.infotechnology.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. ^ Diaria, La (28 August 2018). "Agostina Mileo: "Si las mujeres no hacemos ciencia, es más fácil que la ciencia sea patriarcal"". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  3. ^ periodista/leo-lagos (28 August 2018). "Por una mejor ciencia". la diaria (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ Página12 (24 August 2018). "Ninguna regla, todas las reglas". PAGINA12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Clarín.com (8 March 2018). "Por qué la menstruación es también un factor de desigualdad de género". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  6. ^ Vales, Aldana (9 August 2018). "Cómo hacer de la ciencia una aliada fundamental del feminismo". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Quién es la "Barbie científica", la argentina que es furor entre los Millennials". El Cronista (in European Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  8. ^ Castro, Matías. "Quién es la "Barbie científica", la argentina que es furor entre los millennials". www.infotechnology.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  9. ^ a b Página12 (5 July 2018). "LA CIENCIA COMO GARANTÍA DE DERECHOS | ENTREVISTA: AGOSTINA MILEO". PAGINA12 (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "Un proyecto de ley busca que la menstruación deje de ser un factor de desigualdad". www.telam.com.ar (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  11. ^ de 2018, Por Martina Putruele14 de Julio. "¿Barbies científicas? Cuáles son los estereotipos y los obstáculos que rodean a las mujeres en el mundo de la ciencia". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Registrado, Diario. "Una marca de toallitas hizo una publicidad con líquido rojo: ¿es un avance o es más de lo mismo?". Diario Registrado (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Que la ciencia te acompañe archivos". Cenital (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  14. ^ Virzi, Sabrina Díaz (28 August 2019). "Agostina Mileo: 'Hay un dispositivo de disciplinamiento con forma de maternidad abnegada'". www.clarin.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  15. ^ "El Canciller | Noticias de política, economía, sociedad y deportes". El Canciller (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  16. ^ Mileo, Agostina (15 October 2017). "A los varones, luz y a las mujeres, hijos". Los Pasos de Aquiles (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  17. ^ "Se entregaron los Premios Lola Mora". Buenos Aires Ciudad – Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Reconocimientos – Economia Femini(s)ta" (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 December 2020.
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