scienceing:

mybluedecember:

princess-munchkin:

How the fuck does Bill Nye expect this to happen? What do you want to do, force women to enroll in science courses, regardless of whether or not they want to do it? Just for the sake of having “enough” women? Why the fuck do these fractions matter so much? It’s not like people are holding guns to our head and threatening to kill us if we become interested in science.

Maybe, just maybe, a lot of us DON’T FUCKING WANT to be scientists. Is that a crime?

Hi there, princess-munchkin. Female engineering student here. 

Bill Nye is not saying that you HAVE to be a scientist, and you are right that no one is holding a gun to my head because I am interested in science, but let me tell you some of the struggles of being a woman in the STEM fields. 

1) Because I am a woman, I am not expected these fields. I first fully realized this when I was in high school, on my robotics team. See, although my robotics team was about 50% female, most of the women were part of the “business administration” side of things: finance, marketting, PR, membership, etc. Was this a problem? Absolutely not. But I was there to be an engineer, and specifically, to be the robot programmer. This was met with a lot of hesitation at first from some of the other students (all of whom happened to be male. This is not necessarily a bad thing.) You see, all of the robot programmers before me were guys. Computer programming is just a thing that guys do, or so they thought. Even after I had proved myself to the mentors on the team, many of the students still underestimated my abilities. There were rumors going around that I wouldn’t have been able to program the robot at all if the lead software mentor wasn’t there to help me. This was just flat-out false, but it wasn’t until I won an award for the team that the other students actually saw my merit. 

2) There is not a lot of encouragement for women to go into these fields. I first noticed this when I was in elementary school. I was always interested in math, science, you name it, but many of my teachers and family members pushed that to the side for a long time. When I asked for legos for christmas, I would get ballet slippers. In fact, for a long time, I was training to be a professional dancer. I loved to dance. I loved math more, but no one seemed to notice that about me. It wasn’t until I had a long conversation with one particular teacher in high school that I decided to look into engineering. I had never even considered it as an option before, because no one decided to encourage me to pursue my interest in science. If it hadn’t been for that teacher, I would probably not be at the school I am at right now. 

3) For a long time, Engineering/Science/Math WAS a “boys only” club. Let me tell you when some of the top technical schools and societies started letting women in:

• RPI, The oldest tech school in the country, founded in 1824. Started admitting women in 1942 to “replace men called to war.” Campus housing for women wasn’t constructed until 1966. 
• Tau Beta Pi, the Engineering Honors Society - Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1968.
• Caltech - Currently rated #3 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1891. Started admitting women in 1970. 
• Georgia Tech - Currently rated #5 in undergraduate engineering. Founded in 1885. Started admitting women in 1952. 

Do you see the implications of this? Engineering has been a part of our society since around the late 1800s (in the case of RPI, since the 1820s), but women weren’t even allowed in for the most part until the 1950s, regardless of their merit. 

4) Because of the fact that it was a “boys only” club for such a long time, there are not a lot of women engineers and scientists to look up to. When you’re reading your physics, chemistry, and math text books, the majority of those theories were came up with by men. It is true that much of our history was written by White Men, but this does not mean that the fact that there are few women scientists to look up does not matter. 

So, as you can hopefully see, princess-munckin, or anyone else that shares the opinions of princess-munchkin, Bill Nye was not arguing that women that are not interested in STEM should go into those fields anyway. But he IS arguing against all of the systematic barriers set up against women who ARE interested in engineering and science. There are several women out there who are just as good as the boys at math and science, but will never pursue their interests because it just doesn’t seem like an option. That was me for a long time. I am super grateful for the fact that I fought against that, and that I ended up where I am. 

if you don’t like science, fine. Don’t be a scientist. But if one day you have a daughter and she shows interest in being a scientist, PLEASE encourage her. Because Bill Nye is right, there needs to be more women scientists in the world. 

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ramblingsofanurbanjawn:

thepoliticalfreakshow:

Finally: Here’s Your First Look At The Return of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Premiering July 16th At 8PM on The CW

Whose Line Is It Anyway?, the cult improv show that stopped producing new episodes nearly a decade ago, is coming back to TV starting this July — and The CW has just released a first look at the (slightly) revamped series.

Starring Whose Line? vets Ryan Stiles, Colin Mochrie, Wayne Brady, the revived show will be hosted by Aisha Tyler, best known as the voice of Lana on the FX show ‘Archer’, and feature a different special guest each week.

If this first clip is any indication, Stiles, Mochrie, and Brady have spent the last ten years in an improv concentration camp because they haven’t lost a single morsel of extemporaneous talent.

Whose Line Is It Anyway? Take 2 is set to premiere Tuesday, July 16th, at 8 PM ET.

[H/T: Film Thrasher via Pop Culture Brain]

My word Aisha Tyler is gawjus.

unimpressed2chainz:

solange is too trill

thehatterschild:

crustified:

havocados:

emorenita:

why aren’t these being reblogged more often?
i rather see these than “keys in hand”

Fatality

Don’t mind the caption, just look at the pictures and learn.

I CAN FEEL HER DELIGHT

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eshusplayground:

It’s true doe.

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goturselfablog:

pose two

“Untitled” by Nick Knight [x]

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lizjamesbitch:

I tell people this all the time.  The scary part?

There are lots who don’t believe me.

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bad-dominicana:

that looks like happy. 

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hebrewguts:

kemetically-afrolatino:

NYPD Will Release Gas in Subways for Airborne Weapons Test (DNA Info)

The study is scheduled for July in underground and street-level locations along 21 subway lines and several dozen stations through all five boroughs to test the effects of airborne contaminants including chemical, biological and radiological weapons that could be released into the subway system, police said.

The so-called Subway-Surface Air Flow Exchange test is being funded by a $3.4 million Department of Homeland Security Transit Security grant.

again

avoid this susness

ramblingsofanurbanjawn:

hazeleyed1:

justshy:

housewifeswag:

gpoy. 

Maya’s everything for that body roll

Dawni, I believe we have some new gifs to depict our sistership.

Wifey(s).

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writingsofessencesoul:

loveinterracial:

lilithdiana:

In tribute to #masturbationmonth, here is Vagina & Vulva: Your guide to your Va-Jay-Jay. #InfoGraphic

If you don’t know, now you know

You’re welcome.

undadabooty:

awesomephilia:

Trying to sell back books in college

shit I got like 9 dollars

ramblingsofanurbanjawn:

I hate how the designers have these complete and total meltdowns when presented with the “challenge” of working with “real women” as their models.

Like…I get it…youre sooooo used to designing for sizes 2 and 4. 

STFU about it.