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Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1334
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 08:04 am: | 
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I absolutely LOVE these STEM initiatives from the Girls Scouts. Check out "Girls Go Tech" http://www.girlsgotech.org/index.html and "Girls Are I.T." http://www.girlsareit.org/. I could do without some of the "science divas" language--Why do women in math and science have to be cast as "divas"? What exactly *are* divas anyway when we are talking about/to 8-13 year old girls? But at least they are trying. |
Abm
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Username: Abm
Post Number: 6492
Registered: 04-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 08:06 am: |
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Yvettep,
It seems "diva" has become a modern-day synonym for female empowerment. |
Yvettep
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Username: Yvettep
Post Number: 1336
Registered: 01-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 08:12 am: |
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LOL--I guess! But I still connect the word to spoiled-ness, unreasonable demands, not being a team player, etc. So is it like (some) Blacks reappropriating the n-word, or some gay men and lesbians reappropriating "queer"? |
Cynique
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Username: Cynique
Post Number: 5330
Registered: 01-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 02, 2006 - 10:49 am: |
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The word "diva" has its origins in the world of Opera. It is interchangeable with the Italian phrase "prima dona" which means "first lady" and which was used to describe temperamental, high strung female opera singers who were haughty and demanding. |
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