When I first heard the term “girl math” online a couple of years ago, my first thought, as a mathematics student applying for Ph. D. programs, was “This is great! Maybe people are finally coming around to the idea of women being mathematicians!” Imagine my surprise, then, when I learned that rather than being a phrase to highlight women’s mathematical accomplishments, it was being used by women in order to justify buying a coffee or getting their nails done. “If I pay with cash, but my bank balance stays the same, it’s basically like it’s free! Girl math!” It’s used as a rationalization for the stereotype of women spending too much money on things that, for one reason or another, society thinks they don’t need. Rather than try to eloquently defend themselves, women have decided to make themselves the butt of the joke. Again.
This article has been republished from Autonomy News, a worker-owned publication covering reproductive rights and justice. Follow Autonomy News on Instagram, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, and LinkedIn. At the very end of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Wednesday confirmation hearing, Texas Senator Ted Cruz got Blanche to commit to taking a step that could upend abortion access in […]
Researchers and staff involved with Brandeis University’s National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities have learned that they will not be able to soon apply for continued federal funding, likely forcing the center’s operations to stop when current funding runs out at the end of August. Working across roughly a decade, the center has investigated […]
Prosecuted for defending Palestinians’ right to resist, the MEP says Gaza has exposed a ‘complete divorce’ between governments and their publics.
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