Comments on: Ada Lovelace Day

By: msmarmitelover

msmarmitelover — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:22:46 +0000

What about women in the ‘low sciences’ such as domestic science? Does that count?
People tend not to think of cooking as intelligent but it requires incredible concentration (especially when you are doing a complicated meal for 30 as I do ) and understanding of how different substances work.

By: Harriet

Harriet — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:03:09 +0000

I’m with you on this one.

Have you read “The World’s Wife” by Carol Ann Duffy?… Its a collection of poems from the (fictional) perspective of famous men’s wives, and naturally this article reminds me of that. Some are quite funny, some beautiful, but all from that serious point that they were oft forgotten, underestimated and dismissed. For a taste, here is the Darwin’s wife poem:

“7 April 1852
Went to the Zoo.
I said to Him–
Something about that Chimpanzee over there
reminds me of you.”

By: Carmenego

Carmenego — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:00:59 +0000

I totally agree! (Though of course, I would) Most of my partners have been musicians, and I find it so frustrating that when I am invited into a band, I’m seen as “just the female vocalist” when I actually write most of the music, organise most of the rehearsals and gigs, and settle creative disputes between petty guitarists while one or both of them gets all the credit, the payment at the end of the gig, and all of the decent groupies.

Thanks for a great blog, I’m so glad I’m not the only person who thinks this!

Best of luck with the new life growing in your abdomen :-)

By: giagia

giagia — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:46:57 +0000

Bing! And I go back to Twitter and what do I see Tweeted by Loren Feldmen of 1938 media? "@economist Agreed, @michelleoshen is 38's pretty face, she's the best looking piece of ass on the web and shes not boring at all. AT ALL.". Michelle Oshen is Loren's wife. ;)

By: giagia

giagia — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:42:44 +0000

I’m glad you’ve enjoyed this post. It’s not a “fashionable” thing to say and certainly doesn’t fit with a certain type of feminist thought, but I know so very many ‘wives of successful men’- not just from the world’s of science or tech – who are so terribly overlooked. And they are AMAZING women. The kind of women you’d hope an interesting, intelligent and successful man would WANT to spend his life with… ie not just a big pair of tits on a stick. ;)

I just think it’s a terrible shame that the work and sacrifice they put in to helping their partner succeed is ignored and devalued by everyone else…

I hear their husbands CONSTANTLY talking about how talented their wives are, how intelligent their wives are, how successful their wives are, how inspirational their wives are… they, too, can see how everyone else overlooks the AMAZINGNESS of their wife… still… no one seems to pay attention.

The next time you hear a successful man talk about how wonderful his wife is… believe him. :)

By: Bigger Pills

Bigger Pills — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:31:08 +0000

An original and thought-provoking post, a good read as always

By: Kerry Evans

Kerry Evans — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:58:09 +0000

Thanks for that. I now finally feel appreciated . X

By: Podblack

Podblack — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:04:56 +0000

Excellent take on the topic. Thanks.