First mechro manced; video

[preshrunk_cyberpunk]

[Hey, look, it's everyone's favorite slightly hyperactive nerdy girl. She waves at the camera.] Sooo, I hear there's a club week coming up and I've got the best idea for a club: a club for girls interested in science and technology and stuff! [A pause as she rubs her chin. She snaps her fingers suddenly.] STEM, that's the word! A STEM club for girls only -- no boys allowed. You guys got plenty of stuff already.

I'm not that great at organizing, so I might need some help...but interested ladies should totally join. We can be nerdy and it looks good for the school. It's a win-win!

[She clears her throat and looks to one side.]

Oh, and if any of you are interested, you should totally subscribe to my podcast. It's free and you get to hear about my scientific endeavors and maaaybe even a little something about my top-secret project. You just gotta listen to find out, though!

Comments

voice;

[preshrunk_cyberpunk]

Did I say that? 'Cause I don't remember saying it. A subscriber's a subscriber.

text forever

[tactlesstactician]

that was sarcasm
I don't understand the point of a girls only club

voice forever

[preshrunk_cyberpunk]

Because STEM, as a field, is a freakin' sausage-fest boys club. It's hard for women to be taken seriously or noticed, even when they're better at what they do than the men they're surrounded by! It's also really alienating for girls that want to get into these fields because they're dominated by men and ladies get laughed at for trying to get in. Girls supporting girls in this shit is the best. If you don't get it now, then that's not my problem [She's almost yelling now.]

[tactlesstactician]

I think you broke my speakers.
in any case, I see.

[ None of these are things he has thought about before or been particularly aware of. Whether it's male privilege or that he's mostly been living on the street, who knows... ]

[preshrunk_cyberpunk]

[That actually surprises her. Most of the time, there's no sympathy or understanding.]

... Oh. So you get it?

[tactlesstactician]

[ He understands unwarranted alienation and ridicule for an aspect of genetics outside his control, at least. Not quite the same, but enough that he can understand her frustration and anger. Whether he's actually sympathetic is another matter entirely. ]

Yes.

[ He's not sure that forming a girls only STEM club would necessarily do much to help, given that it would just paint a larger target for people to sneer at, but he doesn't want to get yelled at again so he keeps that thought to himself for now.