Freya BlekmanJan 19

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

Show threadJules she/herJan 19
@freyablekman as you can see I am working very hard today
Show threadFreya BlekmanJan 19
@afewbugs hehe so true. No nasty solvents for me. But I do have a fancy particle collider :)
Show threadOdradekJan 19

@freyablekman @afewbugs was about to ask - not that it matters for the point - whether you are theoretician, lab-rat or administrator

anyway1: gorgeous!!!

anyway2: don't forget the "philosophers" variations and replace philosophers with "gender-/queerstudies" ;)

Show threadFreya BlekmanJan 19
@Odradek @afewbugs started as a lab rat, now mostly administrator. I got my PhD over 20 years ago, the young peeps in my group are definitely hands on ofc but I now am proud when I can help them still when I have time. As is of course rather normal for academic career paths
Show threadOdradek

@freyablekman @afewbugs so no pauli-effect (lab equipment stops working when theoreticians are nearby) around you.

p.s.: a messuring-nailpolish-collection (magnetic fields, dosimeterpolish for ionizing radiation, younameit) … when?

Jan 19 at 6:54pmWeb
Show threadFreya BlekmanJan 19
@Odradek @afewbugs it exists for sun burn already btw.
Show threadOdradekJan 19

@freyablekman I only knew about the sad/infuriating part: to detect certain narcotics

halt immer wieder: feminis-muss

Show threadFreya BlekmanJan 19
@Odradek interesting. Yeah I could see that could work. But also that likely could only be used in a super controlling way.