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Yeah, I saw that in the issue it was published in.
Very cool.
It's about an NFL cheerleader who's a rocket scientist (for those who are too lazy to click). I think she's also a helicopter pilot, iirc.
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ps. The actor who played Buckaroo Banzai, and Robo-Cop, is also a professor of ancient art, according to an article I read somewhere.
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quote:Originally posted by katharina: I think that's Blossom - she has a PhD in nueroscience now.
Mayim Bialik.
She does not quite have her PhD yet (from UCLA) -- she's working on her thesis, from everything I've heard. She was in the undergrad chemistry program at the same time I was, three years behind me. We have a number of mutual friends from outside of UCLA as well, so I'll occasionally see her at social events.
Danica McKellar (Winnie) was at UCLA at about the same time as well, but I never saw her. A friend of mine was in a history class with her though. They were partners for some project, IIRC. And her degree is indeed in mathematics, although "genius" is probably overstating things a bit.
quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: ...too bad she's now probably resented by the majority of women everywhere.
You really think so? *curious
I doubt many women know of her.
Correction: resented by the majority of women who know who she is.
This isn't meant to be a shot at women; if she were the male equivilant, the resentment from men would be the same.
Edit: but yes, I really think so. I think most people are able to deal with those they see who have more than they do by pointing out their flaws; models are called dumb, engineers are geeks with no social skills, etc. The two most readily apparent attributes always seem to be physical attractiveness and intelligence, so when someone like the cheerleader in question comes along and combines both, people are left without an obvious negative attribute to highlight in order to make themselves feel better.
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one of my coworkers has an article about the original girl (rocket-scientist cheerleader) posted in his cube and keeps talking about her as "our next new hire"
Though I really can't complain, of the engineering disciplines out there Aerospace is actually one of the more female-friendly.
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quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: Correction: resented by the majority of women who know who she is.
This isn't meant to be a shot at women; if she were the male equivilant, the resentment from men would be the same.
Ah, I get you now. Yeah, it's a shame that many people seem to react this way. Probably says a lot about our collective level of insecurity.
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quote:Originally posted by erosomniac: ...too bad she's now probably resented by the majority of women everywhere.
You really think so? *curious
I doubt many women know of her.
Correction: resented by the majority of women who know who she is.
This isn't meant to be a shot at women; if she were the male equivilant, the resentment from men would be the same.
Rather unfair considering that in the article is says
quote:on her 40-or-so person project at NASA, there are just two other women and, for the record, they love how she moonlights
There doesn't seem to be any resentment from the women here at hatrack either.
I bet the only women out there who truly resent her are the ones whose only life long dream was to be a ProFootball cheerleader but didn't make it through the auditions.
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quote:Rather unfair considering that in the article is says
quote:There doesn't seem to be any resentment from the women here at hatrack either.
I bet the only women out there who truly resent her are the ones whose only life long dream was to be a ProFootball cheerleader but didn't make it through the auditions.
I don't think anyone could possibly confuse two NASA rocket scientists and the women of Hatrack with anything remotely resembling an average sampling of women.
Further, how many women do you think are going to openly admit it?
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quote:I bet the only women out there who truly resent her are the ones whose only life long dream was to be a ProFootball cheerleader but didn't make it through the auditions.
Oh, I will take that bet. I wager everything in my checking account.
Daddy's gonna buy him a Waverunner!
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The most cited theoretical physicist currently, LisaRandall is strikingly attractive, especially when rock-climbing.
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I worked at Johnson Space Center for four years. I never saw women who looked like that working there. One day, while eating lunch, I did hear how one lady was excited about a soon to be released Battle Star Galactica DVD set.
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Since this thread is basically about stereotypes, I'll admit my first thought when I saw the topic was, "She must be asian."
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Wow. I have to say that the cheering job sounds like a ton of work (and for minimum wage!) but if she enjoys it, that's great! Very cool of her to try something that ended up changing some of her own stereotypes.
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I think women would resent her because there's often this tradeoff in people's minds. It's ok I'm not pretty, because at least I'm smart. Or, it's ok I'm not smart, because at least I'm pretty. And when your entire self-worth hangs on smart people not being pretty or pretty people not being smart, it's really, really hard to acknowledge that people can be both.
I do this all the time. I'm aware of it, and I try to minimize the destructive power of this kind of thinking, but it's a very difficult thought-pattern to break.
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When working at a dating service, I often heard variations of the phrase, "Sexy, smart, sane: pick two." I was somewhat surprised that this was applied to both men and women, although the women were a little more circumspect about their wording.
Of course, there are stereotypes about every type of person, smart, athletic, attractive, or otherwise. As a smart, sexy, sane man, I feel her pain Posts: 3950 | Registered: Mar 2006
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