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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

    vampirdaddyV This user is from outside of this forum
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    vampirdaddy
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    @freyablekman

    1. Studying physics (at university) means the students are adults, thus women, not girls.

    2. He prefers his students to not care for their bodies?!?? Yuck!

    3. Sometimes functional nails need backup/support, e.g. for playing guitar. Applied physics 101: torsion/shear forces vs plastic deformation limit.

    4. Why limit physics to girls? Men and the spectrum in between are also interested!

    (studied physics, high energy laser applications. male, though)

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    • poetasterP poetaster

      @freyablekman jeez. Nice nails. Radioactive??!!!

      Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼P This user is from outside of this forum
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      Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼
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      @poetaster

      Glass / liquid nails, some use magnetic particles, they're fab. Quite the invention 💖

      @freyablekman

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      • Veronica OlsenV Veronica Olsen

        @freyablekman Great idea. I was there in September and there was a lot less fun stuff than there used to be when I worked at CERN (I worked on Hi-Lumi LHC some years ago).

        Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼P This user is from outside of this forum
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        Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼
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        #97

        @veronica

        We need fun!
        I mean, the men named the internet 'hyper space', try doing things like that nowadays. Bring back the fun and joy!
        That being said, I suddenly remember Camilla, NASA's space chicken.

        @freyablekman

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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

          YsegrimY This user is from outside of this forum
          YsegrimY This user is from outside of this forum
          Ysegrim
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          #98

          @freyablekman The pictures of all those spectacular nail polishs in this thread are intriguing

          If you don't mind the question, what keywords would I be looking for if I was looking for polish with this effect?

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          • Jules she/herA Jules she/her

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

            Dr. Doro (she/her)D This user is from outside of this forum
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            Dr. Doro (she/her)
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            @afewbugs @freyablekman I remember a day in my physics lab where I wore nail polish and had to clean something with acetone. Not a great combination, but I survived!

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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

              Leto Atréides 🪱🏜️🌈🦄👓🪶🐜L This user is from outside of this forum
              Leto Atréides 🪱🏜️🌈🦄👓🪶🐜L This user is from outside of this forum
              Leto Atréides 🪱🏜️🌈🦄👓🪶🐜
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              #100

              @freyablekman Han i want something like that on mine !!

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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

                LisaL This user is from outside of this forum
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                Lisa
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                #101

                @freyablekman
                Any chance you wanna share how you achieved that effect? Looks absolutely amazing!!

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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

                  JB LièvremontM This user is from outside of this forum
                  JB LièvremontM This user is from outside of this forum
                  JB Lièvremont
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                  #102

                  @freyablekman nice finish! Looks a lot like the one my partner got at this place in St Genis 💅🏻

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                  • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                    @afewbugs hehe so true. No nasty solvents for me. But I do have a fancy particle collider 🙂

                    Steve GisselbrechtS This user is from outside of this forum
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                    Steve Gisselbrecht
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                    #103

                    @freyablekman @afewbugs

                    I'm a biologist and wear nail polish but I keep my nails short, so it doesn't add to material-under-nails risk.

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                    • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                      @walsonde this is when mastodon needs all the old twitter burn memes! So true 🔥

                      Kai und der Andere 🎗️W This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @freyablekman im am Idiot. I meant to write that my son is wearing nail polish while studying 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

                        Mitsunee | 光音M This user is from outside of this forum
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                        Mitsunee | 光音
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                        @freyablekman@fediscience.org that looks amazing, waow ​​

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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

                          Greasy Wrench (she/her)S This user is from outside of this forum
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                          Greasy Wrench (she/her)
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                          #106

                          @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..

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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

                            GayDeceiverG This user is from outside of this forum
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                            GayDeceiver
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                            @freyablekman Goodness gracious. Those nails are beautiful. [Trying to think of something related to particle physics like sleepy cat trying to understand cosmology]

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                            • Kai und der Andere 🎗️W Kai und der Andere 🎗️

                              @freyablekman im am Idiot. I meant to write that my son is wearing nail polish while studying physics.

                              Freya BlekmanF This user is from outside of this forum
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                              Freya Blekman
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                              #108

                              @walsonde don't worry, I got the spirit!

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                              • YsegrimY Ysegrim

                                @freyablekman The pictures of all those spectacular nail polishs in this thread are intriguing

                                If you don't mind the question, what keywords would I be looking for if I was looking for polish with this effect?

                                Freya BlekmanF This user is from outside of this forum
                                Freya BlekmanF This user is from outside of this forum
                                Freya Blekman
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                                #109

                                @ysegrim magnet cat eye would do the trick. These are relatively simple, people do a lot fancier things by now. There are of course also youtube tutorials.

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                                • Freya BlekmanF Freya Blekman

                                  @afewbugs @cinebox @nachtet every nail gets constantly bombarded with millions of neutrinos. So I'd say we're safe. (neutrons, on the other hand, only a few. but they would get stuck on top)

                                  But nail polish with ground up/liquid scintillator in it would totally get me interested. And should not be *that* difficult. Probably biggest issue would be making it cosmetics-safe

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                                  @freyablekman @afewbugs @cinebox @nachtet

                                  Dr, Blekman,
                                  you need to contact #Sephora RIGHT NOW.
                                  1) I'd imagine they'd help spread the word of nail products for physicists.
                                  2) If anyone could make the scintilators safe, it'd be a multi-billion dollar makeup corporation.

                                  I think we need t-shirts of your lovely manicure making clear that physicists dig shiny like the rest of us.

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                                  • vampirdaddyV vampirdaddy

                                    @freyablekman

                                    1. Studying physics (at university) means the students are adults, thus women, not girls.

                                    2. He prefers his students to not care for their bodies?!?? Yuck!

                                    3. Sometimes functional nails need backup/support, e.g. for playing guitar. Applied physics 101: torsion/shear forces vs plastic deformation limit.

                                    4. Why limit physics to girls? Men and the spectrum in between are also interested!

                                    (studied physics, high energy laser applications. male, though)

                                    Freya BlekmanF This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    Freya Blekman
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                                    @vampirdaddy this was a high school teacher saying this to one of his pupils, btw. But to be fair it would be just as bad if a university lecturer did it.

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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

                                      su_liamS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      su_liam
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                                      #112

                                      @freyablekman That is awesome. I wonder how much it would cost to paint my car with nail polish, and how long it will last…

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                                      • poetasterP poetaster

                                        @freyablekman jeez. Nice nails. Radioactive??!!!

                                        Freya BlekmanF This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        Freya Blekman
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                                        #113

                                        @poetaster lol. Nope. I am trained to work with radioactivity. So, obviously: not on my nails

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                                        • Autoerotic DefenestrationD Autoerotic Defenestration

                                          @freyablekman the nails of a programmer with 20 years on the job ❤

                                          Freya BlekmanF This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          Freya Blekman
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                                          @danielaKay Oh I love that petrol metallic. Wonderful! My compliments

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