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  3. I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics.

I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics.

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  • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

    I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

    So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

    Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

    AxelA This user is from outside of this forum
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    Axel
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    @freyablekman
    Gorgeous!
    You had them done somewhere, I presume?

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    • Greasy Wrench (she/her)S Greasy Wrench (she/her)

      @freyablekman My daughter wanted to follow my footsteps, and study mech engineering at Technical University Munich.

      So on a girls day, some postgrad engineer decided he needed help at pouring liqiid silver into a form, on open stage. He picked her, 17 yo, a tiny build, long blonde hair, and is a bit on the endowned size of female charms. He made her dress in a protective suit that was huge on her, stand in it next to a furnace melting aluminium, for half an hour, the visor fogging, sweat pouring, and then handle 10 kgs of liquid aluminium. I bet he had fun, joking about small hands, and heavy lifting, while she was suffering the heat and the fear. The situation was as sexist as it was when I studied, 25 years earlier.

      When she came home, she had decided on doing somethig less "hands-on", she then graduated in Applied Math..

      ArtemysiaA This user is from outside of this forum
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      @shadesofgrease @freyablekman that's so sad to hear. What an absolute dick. I had different but equally repelling experiences in electronics & computing as a teen; I was also afraid of chemistry. I hope your daughter has an awesome career. It must be amazing to understand mathematics!

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      • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

        I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

        So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

        Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

        Andrej ShaduraA This user is from outside of this forum
        Andrej ShaduraA This user is from outside of this forum
        Andrej Shadura
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        #123

        @freyablekman where can I get this?! 😲
        Great nails.

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        • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

          I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

          So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

          Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

          John HardenG This user is from outside of this forum
          John HardenG This user is from outside of this forum
          John Harden
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          @freyablekman my god they’re full of stars

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          • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

            I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

            So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

            Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

            👀M This user is from outside of this forum
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            #125

            @freyablekman the only reasonable response to that is "bitch, i contain multitudes"

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            • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

              Also, my physics awesomeness is not stored in my nails. So physics is also totally doable for people without fancy nails. OBVIOUSLY.

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              hindsight
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              #126

              @freyablekman Oh dear...

              I do wish you hadn't added this..

              Until then I had a perfect reason for my inadequacy in physics at shool and beyond ;-)))

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              • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                salS This user is from outside of this forum
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                sal
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                #127
                @freyablekman They just don't think that girls do physics period
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                • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                  I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                  So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                  Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                  lj·rkL This user is from outside of this forum
                  lj·rkL This user is from outside of this forum
                  lj·rk
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                  @freyablekman Pfft gatekeepers. I'm a compsci girl who plays handball and wears nail polish and weird old school clothes. fuck those normative bullcrap.

                  also: love the polarised particle nail polish! Incredibly beautiful and well done :3

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                  • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                    I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                    So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                    Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                    KMHH This user is from outside of this forum
                    KMHH This user is from outside of this forum
                    KMH
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                    #129

                    @freyablekman Gorgeous! I see that you applied that physics knowledge by using magnetic polish to great effect. I’m a chemist, and I also do my nails ❤️

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                    • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                      I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                      So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                      Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                      Not that Nicole...N This user is from outside of this forum
                      Not that Nicole...N This user is from outside of this forum
                      Not that Nicole...
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                      #130

                      @freyablekman so glad my high school physics teacher was a woman and I didn't have to deal with that bullshit.

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                      • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                        I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                        So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                        Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                        Julian GonggrijpJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                        Julian Gonggrijp
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                        #131

                        @freyablekman cool nails! Would also fit an astronomer.

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                        • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                          I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                          So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                          Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                          crowC This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @freyablekman@fediscience.org if we let scientists engage in normal and common modes of human expression, how would we a society???

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                          • Jules she/herA Jules she/her

                            @freyablekman as you can see I am working very hard today

                            GhostOnTheHalfShellG This user is from outside of this forum
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                            GhostOnTheHalfShell
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                            @afewbugs @freyablekman

                            You have to break out the two parts to mathematics: applied and theoretical

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                            • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                              I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                              So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                              Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                              Peter BrownP This user is from outside of this forum
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                              Peter Brown
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                              @freyablekman I can attest to an oil engineer who surprised the helicopter crew taking her out to the platform by appearing with painted fingernails.

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                              • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                                I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                                So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                                Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

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                                Rémi Cardona
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                                @freyablekman As a dad of a 9yo who would love to learn more about STEM (I'm a CS grad, software developer by trade, trying my best to teach her stuff whilst giving her room to grow and do her own stuff):

                                how do you get nails like this?! they are so freakin' cool!!!

                                my kid would **absolutely love** this!! (and frankly, so would I!)

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                                • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                                  I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                                  So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                                  Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                                  Ron JeffriesR This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  Ron Jeffries
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                                  @freyablekman Lurvely!

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                                  • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                                    I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                                    So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                                    Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

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                                    Longspeak
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                                    @freyablekman Shiny.

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                                    • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                                      I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                                      So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                                      Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                                      Matilda LoveM This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      Matilda Love
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                                      #138

                                      @freyablekman a beautifully painted middle finger to the sexist norms 🔥

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                                      • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                                        I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                                        So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                                        Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                                        Thee Mighty Peculia ⛄✨L This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        Thee Mighty Peculia ⛄✨
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                                        @freyablekman Magnets made them look even better. Science!

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                                        • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                                          I heard last week that the physics teacher of the daughter of one of my colleagues told the daughter that girls who do their nails don’t do physics. Sigh.

                                          So, here are the nails of an internationally leading particle physics professor. My nails.

                                          Don’t believe the gatekeepers! #womeninSTEM

                                          GervaS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          Gerva
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                                          #140

                                          @freyablekman nailed it

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