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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Ride With Sally into the Sunset July 27-29, 2012 [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)47. Why Sally Ride's sexuality really matters
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22115-why-sally-rides-sexuality-really-matters.html
America's first woman in space blazed a trail for equality in the sciences thanks to her sex and her sexuality
My girlfriend was the one who pointed out to me that Sally Ride had a female partner.
I was a mess on Monday when I learned that Ride, who became the first American woman to fly in space in 1983, had died. I had no idea she was even sick at her request, NASA had kept her 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer secret.
Ride was one of my childhood heroes. I dressed as her for Halloween when I was aged eight and my lifelong passion for space was first budding. Ride's legacy is mostly one of inclusion: bringing more women into science, encouraging girls to think they can do anything. She was a living example of how to crush gender stereotypes, even as she dodged sexist questions from the media. Her first flight on the space shuttle Challenger was before I was born. Thanks to her, I grew up in a world where my sex was not a barrier to the stars.
It runs even deeper for me, as a science writer. When I found out she had double majored in physics and English in college, I felt an intense feeling of identification she was like me. I too loved both science and words, and felt a bit of tension about it but if the first American woman in space could cross that line, I could too.
America's first woman in space blazed a trail for equality in the sciences thanks to her sex and her sexuality
My girlfriend was the one who pointed out to me that Sally Ride had a female partner.
I was a mess on Monday when I learned that Ride, who became the first American woman to fly in space in 1983, had died. I had no idea she was even sick at her request, NASA had kept her 17-month battle with pancreatic cancer secret.
Ride was one of my childhood heroes. I dressed as her for Halloween when I was aged eight and my lifelong passion for space was first budding. Ride's legacy is mostly one of inclusion: bringing more women into science, encouraging girls to think they can do anything. She was a living example of how to crush gender stereotypes, even as she dodged sexist questions from the media. Her first flight on the space shuttle Challenger was before I was born. Thanks to her, I grew up in a world where my sex was not a barrier to the stars.
It runs even deeper for me, as a science writer. When I found out she had double majored in physics and English in college, I felt an intense feeling of identification she was like me. I too loved both science and words, and felt a bit of tension about it but if the first American woman in space could cross that line, I could too.
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Demeter
Jul 2012
#23
i did -- it was wonderful -- and i love burt lancaster... we love ya hotler -- Peace be with you
xchrom
Jul 2012
#54
But wait, Mayors now can dictate how and what we feed our babies. We are saved! n/t
kickysnana
Jul 2012
#77