Here’s yet another reminder that women totally kick ass in any field they want. Shrinivas Kulkarni, astronomy and planetary science professor at the California Institute of Technology, was featured in an interview with NPR on Saturday. While speaking on astronomers, the professor said, “many scientists … are what I call ‘boys with toys.’ I really like playing around with telescopes. It’s just not fashionable to admit it.” The comment, which failed to acknowledge his female counterparts in the field, didn’t go unnoticed. Women took to the Internet to remind Kulkarni that “boys” aren’t the only ones in STEM. Using the #girlswithtoys hashtag, female scientists and engineers shared pictures of themselves…
Here’s yet another reminder that women totally kick ass in any field they want.
Shrinivas Kulkarni, astronomy and planetary science professor at the California Institute of Technology, was featured in an interview with NPR on Saturday. While speaking on astronomers, the professor said, “many scientists … are what I call ‘boys with toys.’ I really like playing around with telescopes. It’s just not fashionable to admit it.”
The comment, which failed to acknowledge his female counterparts in the field, didn’t go unnoticed. Women took to the Internet to remind Kulkarni that “boys” aren’t the only ones in STEM. Using the #girlswithtoys hashtag, female scientists and engineers shared pictures of themselves or others with tools and equipment.
Some posed next to rovers, while others took selfies with their lab equipment. A few were pictured next to some “toys” that were a little beyond our understanding.
The #girlswithtoys campaign is stunning, powerful and will make you want to bust out the Bunsen burner.
Scroll below to see #girlswithtoys tweets.
My 8yr old daughter driving a rover #GirlsWithToys pic.twitter.com/Lb2hb9vo0f
— Frejya Fierce (@melissapierce) May 17, 2015
Here I am testing a new type of pixel sensor at a beam test experiment at #CERN during my phd. #girlswithtoys pic.twitter.com/KTRcNaHPky
— Clara Nellist (@claranellist) May 18, 2015
Using this 14” on the roof of the old astro building at Caltech, we found methane storms on Titan. #girlswithtoys pic.twitter.com/qijKddal4z
— Sarah Hörst (@PlanetDr) May 16, 2015
I put a navigation sensor test on STS-134, in CDR chair of Endeavour as we finished testing install #GirlswithToys pic.twitter.com/gLP7MnGtAN
— Nujoud Merancy (@nujoud) May 17, 2015
I build space robots, fly airplanes, design solar powered cars, and LOVE dropping science. #girlswithtoys pic.twitter.com/VDuztDXLB3
— Natalie Panek (@nmpanek) May 18, 2015
Here’s Dr. Kathleen Lonsdale "playing around" in the lab during one of her regular 16 hour workdays. #GirlsWithToys pic.twitter.com/RY33FdPTiU
— skullsinthestars (@drskyskull) May 16, 2015
This is what an astronomer looks like. And this member of the #girlswithtoys club has been around for a long time. pic.twitter.com/NryOAv5Xkh
— Aomawa Shields (@aomawa) May 17, 2015
In mass spec lab now reading the #girlswithtoys stream. This awesome toy is a thermal ionization mass spectrometer! pic.twitter.com/bGF8T7pbz5
— Rita Parai (@HeNeArXe) May 16, 2015
Reva K. Williams: first black female PhD in astrophysics. #GirlsWithToys #BlackandSTEM pic.twitter.com/D8tk9iQPhp
— Jess Shanahan (@Enceladosaurus) May 16, 2015
#GirlsWithToys Me at JPL with the engineering twin of the @MarsCuriosity rover, which I help drive on Mars pic.twitter.com/qgCu17m3sC
— Dawn Sumner (@sumnerd) May 17, 2015
Parkes Radio Telescope, the 2.4m at MDM, and the 1.3m dome in the background #GirlsWithToys pic.twitter.com/7TkR2kdHcq
— Stephanie (@stephtdouglas) May 16, 2015
Just running the largest fully steerable radio telescope in the world. NBD. #GirlsWithToys @GrnBnkTelescope pic.twitter.com/q2GAArdHWQ
— Nicole Gugliucci (@NoisyAstronomer) May 16, 2015
I play with Mars rovers. #girlswithtoys pic.twitter.com/j6N5tscc8U
— Tanya Harrison (@tanyaofmars) May 17, 2015
Main photo credit: Tanya Harrison.
H/T Mashable
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