| | 2021-04-29 18:38
From blog The Dressed Aesthetic
The Princess AND the Scientist
A colleague and friend shared a meme the other day that popped up in my social media feed. It was an adorable little girl, hair scraped back into a ponytail, flexing her yet-to-be-developed muscles and wearing a t-shirt that said, “I’m not a Princess, I’m a Scientist!” At first glance, I loved the message. We teach little girls that their only job is to be sweet and cute. With the push towards encouraging more young girls in STEM, this this seemed like a small step that might get us there. But the more I chewed it over, it started to scratch at the back of my mind. I realized it highlighted a fundamental flaw:
I’m not a princess,...
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