Something that never fails to weigh on my mind: I have far more male friends than female. Sure I've got some classmates that I enjoy chatting with and working with. Sure I've been myself
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Weirdness is a virtue, not a sin. And any girl who writes you off for being a tomboy is either still under the claws of internalized misogyny, or doesn't have the right words for the fact that the interests the two of you have do not mesh well.
Honestly, I think it's more a matter of, geeky women are still a bit more rare than geeky guys, and there's usually less in any given area to begin with, so the liklihood of finding some whose interests match your own is usually going to be a bit more difficult. Even online, I have more male friends than female, though that is slowly changing, as I start getting into FA and a few other things.
I know someone else who lives in Az, but I'm not certain how close y'all are, or even whether your interests would match, though I doubt you'd have a problem with her line of work. (She's a former sound engineer, decided a couple years ago to switch gears, and now makes a living making implements of pleasure and pain.)
No, actually. I met her through someone else here on LJ, whose fiction we're both fond of, back before she decided she wanted a change of pace.
I do have an aesthetic appreciation for her work, but it's outside of my price range, as most good handmade items of that nature tend to be. I'm sure if I ever had enough money, I could ask her to make me something special, though.
wierdness is a virtuecaradoc01March 18 2013, 18:29:34 UTC
As one of you male friends, I have to say that megabeko_mausuu is right, wierdness is a virtue and that anyone unable to accept that has other issues.
One thing I have noticed is that the geekery that you are into tends to more common in the younger people. You are a pioneer, not many females of your age are into computers, steampunk, and other such tastes. Take pride in that.
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Honestly, I think it's more a matter of, geeky women are still a bit more rare than geeky guys, and there's usually less in any given area to begin with, so the liklihood of finding some whose interests match your own is usually going to be a bit more difficult. Even online, I have more male friends than female, though that is slowly changing, as I start getting into FA and a few other things.
I know someone else who lives in Az, but I'm not certain how close y'all are, or even whether your interests would match, though I doubt you'd have a problem with her line of work. (She's a former sound engineer, decided a couple years ago to switch gears, and now makes a living making implements of pleasure and pain.)
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I do have an aesthetic appreciation for her work, but it's outside of my price range, as most good handmade items of that nature tend to be. I'm sure if I ever had enough money, I could ask her to make me something special, though.
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One thing I have noticed is that the geekery that you are into tends to more common in the younger people. You are a pioneer, not many females of your age are into computers, steampunk, and other such tastes. Take pride in that.
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