You were a library assistant at the Frankford branch of the Philadelphia Free Library in 1991 and the only one who would still deal with me after I told the nosy head librarian to “go home and pet your forty cats if you don’t feel like doing your job” when she attempted to deny me [...]
Surplus Cats
occasional updates, always elizabeth
youth
Wondering why more teenage girls aren’t into science?
Maybe it’s got something to do with the mythical image of frumpy granola spinsters of science who are devoid of other interests, disparaging color and style as useless frippery.
I mean, if the women who are currently in the careers you wish to pursue would slight you for having an eye for good design, and denigrate [...]
On teenage rebellion
Sam Ogden inquired on Skepchick last month about whether geek chic was yet another passing trend or if it has some quality that sets it apart and will help it endure. This got me thinking about where I’ve fit into the trend spectrum and how that has changed over time.
I look at trends and subcultures [...]
I have questions.
How do universities handle home schooled applicants? Does anyone have stats handy for how many HS teens are admitted and graduate? I’m mostly interested in how they adapt to college life, how they relate to their classmates who haven’t been hand picked by their mothers, and what in their experience would make me, as an [...]
beadazzled microscopes, maribu trimmed lab coats
Take a look at the Toys R’ Us online catalog section for Learning & More > Science & Discovery > Girls
That’s right. Butterflies, perfume, unicorns, and princess gardens.
Truth stays in the basement. We don’t talk about him.
Whenever I think of Texas I am reminded of that awful overnight layover in Houston in 2000 that ended with me wedged in a crowded terminal with a slow-talking couple and their large brood named Faith, Justice, Liberty, Freedom, and the smallest one saddled with Jubilee.
I was reading a news magazine featuring a dinosaur skeleton [...]