Week 20: Ada Lovelace is Closed!

[esteefee]

Week #20: Ada Lovelace is closed. Thank you for contributing in honor of women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics)!

Those Women by stella_pegasi (Gen) : Rodney learns that he doesn't know everything.
The Best Part of the Day by sgamadison (John/Rodney) : Sometimes it’s the little things you look forward to the most.
Playing the Violin by esteefee (Gen) : It was his Aunt Maggie who taught Rodney to love science.

Our Ada Lovelace Quote Collection on AO3. (Sorry it took me so long to create the subcollection!)

Way to go, guys.

Comments

[esteefee]

I, too, had a dearth of STEM female role models in my life, but I had a great deal of encouragement in math/sciences from my pops, so that kind of made up for it.

I would dearly love to read a Jeannie story from you. :))))

It's interesting: I don't write stories from the female POV very often either, although I have really enjoyed it when I have (Teyla, Jennifer).

[hoktauri]

Yes, when I was faced with the challenge of writing from Teyla's perspective in my MM fic, I ended up having a greater respect for her character, so that now when I watch the show, I feel less detached from her, more like I know where she's coming from.

It's just weird to me that that doesn't just come naturally, ya know? And shouldn't it? My mom was emotionally unavailable, my dad a workaholic, blah blah blah, but I feel like there should be a part of me that *enjoys* being a woman and like I really don't know how to access that.

If that makes any sense! :-\

[esteefee]

well, it's not our fault, really. so many of the books and movies we grew up with are from the male POV. it's the default perspective. we are taught to live vicariously.