Whatever you want to do – start now. No one needs to give you permission. No one needs to invite you to the table. Just.

Can we all just agree that Han shot first?

Ada’s mother, Anne, was a mathematician in her own right, and despite Lord Byron praising Anne as the “Princess of Parallelograms,” the two had a tumultuous relationship and young Ada never really met her father. Now.

We know what we’re into, we love hard, and we’re okay with it. But we don’t have it easy.

And although many of us have caring, sympathetic men in our lives, there are some things – no matter how many times we explain them – that they’ll never fully understand.

Dismissing women as “strident,” “harsh,” “bossy,” whatever, is one of the oldest tricks in the “Get Women To Shut Up” book.

TYPICAL TROLOLOL: “Sure, but even Virginia Woolf said in A Room of One’s Own that ‘a woman must have money,’ so obviously all girls are just out for cash.

First, though, we have to get the stories of these women out into the world. Because representation matters. And we ladies need real inspiration for the next time we find ourselves doubting our ability to invent something, the next time we fear learning how to code, the next time we feel like we just don’t belong. So.

You’re not a true fan if you only like the Marvel movies; you can’t be in the anime community unless you speak fluent Japanese; you’re not allowed to dress up as Ms. Marvel unless you’ve read every Ms. Marvel comic, ever.

November 2014, focus on science communications full-time. I now work for a cancer charity, “translating” science into English for fundraising teams. My writing reaches so many people and helps raise money toward cancer research, and it feels very meaningful to me because of that.