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Just remember. There is no such thing as a fake geek girl. There are only fake geek boys. Science fiction was invented by a woman.
Specifically a teenage girl. You know, someone who would be a part of the demographic that some of these boys are violently rejecting.
Isaac Asimov.
yo mary shelley wrote frankenstein in 1818 and isaac asimov was born in 1920 so you kinda get my point
If you want to push it back even further Margaret Cavendish, the duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) wrote The Blazing World in 1666, about a young woman who discovers a Utopian world that can only be accessed via the North Pole - oft credited as one of the first scifi novels
Women have always been at the forefront of literature, the first novel (what we would consider a novel in modern terms)was written by a woman (Lady Muraskai’s the Tale of Genji in the early 1000s) take your snide “Isaac Asimov” reblogs and stick it
even in terms of male scifi authors, asimov was predated by Jules Verne, HG Wells, George Orwell, you could have even cited Poe or Jonathan Swift has a case but Asimov?
PbbBFFTTBBBTBTTBBTBTTT so desperate to discredit the idea of Mary Shelly as the mother of modern science fiction you didn’t even do a frickin google search For Shame
And if you want to go back even further, the first named, identified author in history was Enheduanna of Akkad, a Sumerian high priestess.
Kinda funny, considering this Isaac Asimov quote on the subject:
Mary Shelley was the first to make use of a new finding of science which she advanced further to a logical extreme, and it is that which makes Frankenstein the first true science fiction story.
Even Isaac Asimov ain’t having none of your shit, not even posthumously.
You know what else was invented by women? Masked vigilantes, the precursor to the modern superhero. Baroness Emma Orczy wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1905.
The character would later inspire better known masked vigilantes such as Zorro and Batman.
Stick that in your international pipe and smoke it
I have literally been telling people this for over a year.
the first extended prose piece - ie a novel, was not, as many male scholars will shout, Don Quixote (1605) but The Tale of Genji (1008) written by a woman
The first autobiography ever written in English is also attributed to a woman, The Book of Margery Kempe (1430s).
The day may come when I find this post and do not reblog it, but it is not this day.
Donald Trump, a man who has never been elected to any public office, just tried to describe the Presidency to Hillary Clinton, the most over qualified candidate in the history of our country.
Asked to name his favorite foreign leader, or any foreign leader he admires, Libertarian nominee for president Johnson was unable to come up with an answer.
When I get too depressed and scared over politics and global warming, you know what I think about?
The SeaBin.
The australian ocean roomba that sucks up plastic
Just a happy trashcan robot boot-scootin around, cleaning the sea
I like to imagine it as a joyous little bot bc it knows it has a Very Important Job and it does such a Good Job and is a Good Robot
fishes swim by and it thinks “hello fish! I am cleaning for you!!”
Like idk when the world gets dark I just love imagining the serenity of this small noble bin somewhere in the ocean, bobbing on gentle blue waves, helping
A shelter cat was so sad that he kept himself in the corner of his cage all day, but a woman took a chance on him and changed his life FOREVER.
A ginger tom cat had been hanging around a neighborhood for quite some time. “One day (he) parked himself on someone’s front porch and stayed there for about 6 weeks, until they decided they couldn’t care for him any more,” Tegan told Love Meow. They brought the stray cat to the shelter. “He was there for about two weeks before I came in. I was actually there with my local roller derby team, to take some photos of the adoptable animals and do a sort of cross-advertisement with them. But within a few minutes I looked at him, so sad in his little cage, and I knew.” She requested to see the cat. “When they let me take him in the visitation room, he sneezed a few times. So I knew he was a little sick and I had to be the one to take him home and get him better.” “I’m so glad I did.” She named him GusGus. It was no surprise to Tegan why he looked so sad at the shelter. “He had one of those kitty colds that they get at the shelter, and even a tapeworm… He was very sick and confused for a bit, from the stress of going to the shelter and then to a new home. We got all of that fixed up for him. He has been my little shadow around my apartment ever since,” Tegan told Love Meow. GusGus turned around within a few days. The sadness on his face went away for good. In the days that followed, GusGus perked up and discovered his new found energy and confidence. “He follows me everywhere, and loves laying on his favorite blanket (the red one in the picture) next to me on the couch.” He’s become a joyous fluff ball, always begging for attention and love. “He is such a lovable little goofball.” This snuggly little goofball captured my heart almost exactly two years ago, and I’ve loved him ever since.“ Tegan helped GusGus find happiness, now he returns the favor by giving her love and endless cuddles. “He has brought me so much joy.”
Child:
*points at a large wooden crucifix replica out front* who is that?
Me:
uh, that's...Jesus...
Child:
who is he?
Me:
well, in the Christian religion he is regarded as the son of God
Child:
is he real?
Me:
*internally screaming FUUUUUUCCCKKKK* um, that's a good question. Evidence suggests there was in fact a historical personage who once lived and that we now know as Jesus. How closely his life resembled the events written in the bible is somewhat unknown, and largely a matter of belief, I suppose, although what isn't, really?
Child:
*long pause* okay.
Child:
*points at the statue again* Is he real?
Me:
oh. OHH. You mean like, is that a real body???
