Mars Buttfield-Addison 🛰

This week I:

🛰️ spent ages talking to journalists about the DART Mission, only for them to either not credit me or call my boss and quote him instead.

🏆 won a competition round and placed in another to now become an Australian representative at a large International competition, but got no press about it.

📡 was scrubbed from or not mentioned in all media releases about a huge grant project I spearheaded at work that is based almost entirely on my labour.

Most weeks it doesn’t get to me, but sometimes it is pretty depressingly thankless to be a young woman in academia.

Oct 3, 2022 at 11:23pmWeb
Show threadVirtualWolfOct 3, 2022
@TheMartianLife What the FUCK. 😡
Show threadNartagnan ⏚Oct 4, 2022

@TheMartianLife

Ouch !
I know it won't mean anything, but thanks for all that.
Your work is great and useful.

Show threadAral BalkanOct 4, 2022
@TheMartianLife Bloody patriarchy. Sorry you had to go through that. And congratulations on the win.
Show threadCyberspiceOct 4, 2022
@TheMartianLife And when we get annoyed and frustrated we are told we’re being emotional about it!
Show threadEduardo Mercovich (él)Oct 4, 2022
@TheMartianLife While it won't change those horrible facts, we warmely hug and recognize you. I hope at least it changes how you feel now... :)
Show threadNagaOct 4, 2022
@TheMartianLife ugh
Show threadJubeiOct 5, 2022
@TheMartianLife I don't think anybody goes into academia for the fame and the recognition. People do it because it's challenging, it's fun, it's good for humanity. Of course receiving credit for your work is important but it is what it is. Are you saying this is somehow related to the fact that you're a woman?