@SarahDuff

Writer, photographer, filmmaker. MSc Ethnobotany student.

 London
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Joined April 2009
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Read STEM@ReadStem129 Jul 2021
We need more black women in science — Prof Makunga sowetanlive.co.za/news/south… #BlackBotanistsWeek2021
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Since their introduction in the mid-1990s, GMOs have remained wildly unpopular with consumers. Overblown fears have turned the public against genetically modified food. But the potential benefits have never been greater. nyti.ms/3BpE7kI

Learning to Love G.M.O.s (Published 2021)

Overblown fears have turned the public against genetically modified food. But the potential benefits have never been greater.

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All South African cycad species (Encephalartosand Stangeria) are threatened with extinction. Without a thorough understanding of their biology, re-establishment in the wild is unlikely. #BlackBotanistsWeek2021 #GlobalBotany #PlantAroundTheGlobe
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"The nature of the on-screen animal is ambiguous, troubling. They are coopted into our subjectivity, prodded into symbolism. But they are anathema to fiction, pushing back through the disturbing reality of their pain, the unarguable fact of their deaths." anothergaze.com/on-the-doubl…

On the Double Nature of Filmed Mice

I'm watching Marketa Lazarova with a friend and we’re halfway through a scene that I consider to be one of…

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Nov 30 is Lost Species Day. This year's theme is lost and disappearing pollinators. Get involved! lostspeciesday.org/?page_id=… @lostspeciesday @ONCAnetwork

Participate in Lost Species Day

Lost Species Day (or RDLS) was first held in November 2011. Since then, thousands of people have taken part in a wide range of events exploring the stories of extinct and threatened species, cultur…

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Sarah Duff retweeted
NPR
@NPR13 Nov 2017
"There's nothing wrong with seeing a cool space on the Internet and deciding to go there. It's just, maybe, don't start fires there, and clean up your poop." n.pr/2ABnseB
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What if we get it right...? “The dark side of ‘Good AI’ (More human than humans…)” medium.com/@josephclawrence/… #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

The dark side of ‘Good AI’ (More human than humans…)

I want you to imagine a future. A good future. The future that the people who are currently warning us about AI are hoping to create…

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Loved writing about the amazing force of nature that is Grace Jones, & Sophie Fiennes's new doc Bloodlight and Bami: bit.ly/2zF11od

Sexism and the music doc: 'Grace Jones has had her 15 minutes'

Why Bloodlight and Bami bucks the cliched trend that’s haunted films about Whitney Houston and Amy Winehouse

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Next year, why not go to every place on our list? The New York Times wants to hire a journalist to travel the world nyti.ms/2gZQJr2

The New York Times wants to hire a journalist to travel the world (Published 2018)

We are seeking candidates who will explore every destination on our list of 52 Places to Go.

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Sarah Duff retweeted
Granta
@GrantaMag25 Sep 2017
Pico Iyer on writing, wildfires, and discovering the silent portions of the mind: granta.com/out-of-the-cell/ @PicoIyer
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#doc #filmmakers, here is your daily reminder that submissions for #CCDF18 are still open! Send via @FilmFreeway: goo.gl/Nye2PP
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If male writers were marketed in the same way as female writers. Via Christopher Hamilton-Emery.
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“You shouldn’t get disillusioned when you get knocked back. All you’ve discovered is that the search is difficult, and you still have a duty to keep on searching.” —Kazuo Ishiguro theparisreview.org/interview…

Kazuo Ishiguro, The Art of Fiction No. 196

“I’ve never been intimidated by the idea of having to make up a story. It’s always been a relatively easy thing that people did in a relaxed environment.”

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Imagine falling in love with someone and then finding out they stand up in the aisle as soon as the plane lands
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I noticed that there seemed to be a lot of countries submitting films directed by women for the Foreign Language Film Oscar. @awards_watch tells me I'm not wrong. A record 24 countries submitted films by women! goo.gl/AYqqik
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#doc #filmmakers, submissions for Cheap Cuts '18 are officially OPEN! And its free until Sept 30 so hurry up... filmfreeway.com/festival/Che…
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Submissions open September 1st through @FilmFreeway only. Look forward to seeing your stories!
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Heading to #LFFF2017 this week? Don't miss our exhibition on the Rio's feminist film curation herstory - in the foyer, all festival long! 🎞
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Al Gore’s back – and he’s got a climate change sequel with him. Our review of An Inconvenient Sequel: lwlies.com/reviews/an-inconv…
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The Guardian
@guardian9 Aug 2017
‘Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of world's biodiversity’ trib.al/ryXWwb8

‘Indigenous peoples are the best guardians of world's biodiversity’

David Hill: Interview with UN Special Rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz to mark the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

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