Starre Vartan is a science journalist, essayist, author, and curious human.

She writes about health and science, the natural world, and the female body — especially the parts that are strong, misunderstood, or totally ignored. Her science journalism and investigative reporting has been published in National Geographic, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Undark, New Scientist, and other outlets where curiosity is a job requirement. I’ve also published essays in Aeon’s Psyche, Candidly, and others, and short fiction.