Tamar
I'm a 6th Form student taking Physics, Maths, Further Maths and Chemistry, and am in the process of applying for Physics courses at Uni. The first three classes are very male dominated (I'm the only female in the Further Maths class), and if I was a 'Nice Girl' I wouldn't be able to succeed. It doesn't work to instantly yield to the other student's answers when he has just as much chance of having the wrong end of the stick as I do. I may have started the Maths courses 6 months late, but I've caught up now and can work with numbers just as well as any of the rest.
I'm still idealistic yet - I hope that when I get to University I'll meet more gals who don't just dismiss maths and science as having no impact on their lives. Look at the climate change 'issue' - that's something potentially devastating, and folk I know at present will just shrug off as something that doesn't need worrying about, with a willful ignorance that makes me want to rip my hair out. And these are girls who are getting As in Biology and Geography! They get examined on this stuff and pass, so they obviously know the basics, but still they pretend that it's some kind of fluff, and pretend that it's 'just too complicated' for them to think about. Um, no.
And don't get me started on what seems to happen when (poorly understood by those concerned, fundamentalist) religion gets involved. It's just too easy, these days, to find a 'community' and spend your days wangsting in it. And I'll admit that it's fun for a while, in an emo kind of way - wallowing in misery until it gets too funny (or rage inducing) and you just laugh at yourself and get to work making it better. But the 'making it better' has to happen at the end, otherwise you just go around in circles getting more and more bitter. Fix the problem!
Being outdone in class? Put in some hours in the library and get better. Having to put up with homophobic bullshit from a 'friend' in the name of her religion? Ditch her and get new friends - or not. There's no reason for a Bitch to need a 'social safety-net' of acquaintances, after all, especially if the pickings are as slim as that. Do I need the approval of people (that I just happen to share a school with, post-code-lottery style) to feel fulfilled? Not at present, no. If I get into trouble, I have my family.
I'm a Heartless Bitch because people suck. They'll take offence and niggle you about just about anything, whether it be sexuality (and politics thereof), dress, music, choice of friends, choice of partner(s), or career track (ranging from '*giggle* Women aren't engineers!' to 'if you want to be a cook/secretary/housewife, you're a bad feminist!'). When they're wrong, tell 'em, and if they can't handle the challenge then who needs them? I have my own company and a net connection to amuse myself with until I come across someone who is interesting and compatible with me.
Country: United Kingdom
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