An awesome thing happened to me today when I woke up. I was checking through all my notifications, and one in particular caught my attention. Being mentioned in a paper.li is becoming a regular occurrence and I know that it's no big deal. But the mention from this morning was slightly more noteworthy.
It wasn't the actual mention which got me excited, it was that it was my own writing which was mentioned in a paper.li which "captures all of the cool things that women and girls are doing in science, technology, engineering and mathematics". The unintentional recognition of being a woman in science/technology was what got me, and what had me grinning like a complete idiot.
See, I have a bit of a complex about this. In Australia, you're not really counted as a woman in science/technology unless you are working on research or have a doctorate to your name (or at least this is what I've encountered in the past). But, as I work for a US based company as a science writer and clinical innovation specialist, I am a woman in science/technology.
It's a weird place to be; recognized for what I do in the US, but not the country I reside in. So I never know if it 'counts' or not.
The validation this morning means that for today at least, it does count. And this makes me insanely happy.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to get my science writer/clinical innovation specialist on. Cos that's what we women in science/technology do! ;)
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