tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034888015247889941.post3130112085766329762..comments2024-03-27T02:25:16.462-07:00Comments on Heather Doran: For Nails Carl Sagan Would Be Proud OfHeather Doranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01743182952112081912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034888015247889941.post-80675369341787745612012-09-11T15:33:37.797-07:002012-09-11T15:33:37.797-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03481645949902946654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034888015247889941.post-89187011011997704152012-09-08T03:14:16.639-07:002012-09-08T03:14:16.639-07:00I just read your article (I followed the link from...I just read your article (I followed the link from another site) and appreciate your sentiments. At the same time, I did have to shake the nagging feeling that you wanted some kind of recognition for your efforts on behalf of women.<br /><br />Then again, you wrote the article on your own site. Fine, an impassioned blog post about something that concerns you, written on a personal forum.<br /><br />But to post your article here, on a blog post about science-themed nails that has pretty much nothing to do with the struggles of women in science, strikes me as an odd choice.<br /><br />I feel as if you are asking for some kind of accolade because you wrote one anti-sexism piece on one personal website about a single, incredibly trivial joke (at least in the grand scheme of institutionalized sexism).<br /><br />Drawing attention to the fact that you are not a sexist is an equally aggressive gesture as the man who made a joke you strove to dismantle. It shouldn't be a big deal when a man calls out sexism--it should be normalized, in the sense that we should expect the people who attack sexism to come from both genders (and any genders in-between or outside the binary).<br /><br />I want to support your article, but in posting it here, and in the mere fact of my reading it minutes ago in Los Angeles--indicating that your writing has been picked up across the globe--it seems that you are looking for something more than the personal knowledge that you have done right by women.<br /><br />(Of course, now I will have to refrain from posting my response on Facebook, lest this cycle of external validation for one's good efforts--efforts that should be undertaken because they are morally right, not because they will bring a certain level of acclaim to oneself--continue unabated.)Mirahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034888015247889941.post-26857780502283317672012-09-05T16:43:22.400-07:002012-09-05T16:43:22.400-07:00I saw a beautiful set of triogonometry nails here:...I saw a beautiful set of triogonometry nails here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=468987943122222&set=a.456449604376056.98921.367116489976035&type=1&theater<br /><br />Someone made a stupid comment about women needing to cheat to pass exams, which led to me writing about sexism in science, and i thought people reading the above might be interested:<br />http://alexanderbrown.info/2012/09/06/i-fucking-hate-sexism-in-science/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034888015247889941.post-91595361587540100882012-08-14T00:44:40.087-07:002012-08-14T00:44:40.087-07:00I know, they do require a steady hand! I need to g...I know, they do require a steady hand! I need to get practicing! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16297617926390553969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4034888015247889941.post-16637084758885753422012-08-13T13:50:38.410-07:002012-08-13T13:50:38.410-07:00these are simply amazing! I don't think my han...these are simply amazing! I don't think my hands are steady enough either :( BeautyBeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04803515261703919000noreply@blogger.com