Comments on: Cheesecake calendars are so cliche http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/ Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:59:08 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: » Blog Archive » How do we love being geeks? Let us count the ways. http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/comment-page-1/#comment-1740 » Blog Archive » How do we love being geeks? Let us count the ways. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:39:42 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/#comment-1740 [...] A few days ago I vented about a pin-up calendar featuring a bunch of female engineering students in the near-nude. But everyone’s a critic, right? How does one put forward a different image of women in science, engineering and other geeky areas beyond the hoary misguided stereotype of unattractive, unnatural misfit? [...] [...] A few days ago I vented about a pin-up calendar featuring a bunch of female engineering students in the near-nude. But everyone’s a critic, right? How does one put forward a different image of women in science, engineering and other geeky areas beyond the hoary misguided stereotype of unattractive, unnatural misfit? [...]

]]> By: Kristin A. http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/comment-page-1/#comment-1630 Kristin A. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:25:09 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/#comment-1630 It would be much cooler to do something like a She's Such a Geek! calendar that has tips on how to make a more equitable workplace in the male-dominated professions, or show what cool things women have done in the sci/tech area. And celebrate birthdays or anniversaries of achievements by women in these fields that haven't gotten much recognition. It would be much cooler to do something like a She’s Such a Geek! calendar that has tips on how to make a more equitable workplace in the male-dominated professions, or show what cool things women have done in the sci/tech area. And celebrate birthdays or anniversaries of achievements by women in these fields that haven’t gotten much recognition.

]]> By: chem_fem http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/comment-page-1/#comment-1622 chem_fem Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:21:39 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/#comment-1622 Why oh why do women not pose for calendars that engage other women??? A man who puts up some sexy calendar on his wall couldn't care less about whether the woman is a scientist or a model. She's just there to be looked at and fantacised over, not looked up to for the cool person she probably is. It is all about men. Why oh why do women not pose for calendars that engage other women???

A man who puts up some sexy calendar on his wall couldn’t care less about whether the woman is a scientist or a model. She’s just there to be looked at and fantacised over, not looked up to for the cool person she probably is.

It is all about men.

]]> By: University Update http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/comment-page-1/#comment-1573 University Update Sun, 11 Feb 2007 01:06:44 +0000 http://www.shessuchageek.com/2007/02/10/cheesecake-calendars-are-so-cliche/#comment-1573 <strong>Cheesecake calendars are so cliche...</strong> ... Cheesecake calendars are so cliche…

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