This isn’t exactly a revelation: I’m a nerd. And a science geek.
And I like math because unlike far right extremists numbers make
sense. Don’t judge…There are many of us, and we’re roaming
freely among you. We’re the women who watched reruns of the
original Star Trek (live long and prosper!) and Battlestar
Galactica when we were young girls. We were curious about other
life forms, and we stared in amazement as we wondered how all of
those cool gadgets worked. I dare you to tell me that Dr.
‘Bones’ McCoy’s Tricorder didn’t fascinate you! Our love of
nerdy things continues; now that we’re grown women, some of us
hold degrees in math or science, while others who weren’t “hard
core” nerds make ourselves content by learning how data-driven
toys work. Given my own interests, I grew up thinking that girls
who wish to become educated in either formal or applied sciences
were all around but, unfortunately, it seems they’re not. Though
girls in the U.S. are not forbidden from obtaining an education
...though, if the GO