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THE VERGE 29 LONGFORM VIDEO REVIEWS TECH SCIENCE atURE DESIGN RISINESS US&WORLD FORUMS Nvidin rolling out cloud caming for its Shield tablet and Spotify saye it paid Taylor Swift millions Her labe disngrees Here's the 589 I don't care if vou landed a spacecraft on a comet, your shirt is sexist and ostracizing That's one small step for man, three steps back for humankind SS STORIES FOLLOW THE VERS P EMAUL NEWSLETTER 12:00 C Acquisition of Signal from Philae anu Yesterday the European Space Agency landed the Phlae spacecraft on a comet, a powerful step forward for humanity and science alike. However, slightly before the big moment coverage of the event reminded us how much progress remains to be accomplished back on Earth A number of the scientists involved on this incredible project were interviewed in the hours leading to contact by Nature Newsteam One of those Rosetta scientists was Matt Taylor who chose to dress, for this special occasion, in a bowling shirt covered in scantly clad caricatures of sexy women in provocative poses. This is going to be a very long day but a very exciting day,"said Taylor. "1 think everyone should enjoy it because we're making history No one knows why Taylor chose to wear that shirt on television during a massive scientific made the shirt for him, and is just as bewildered as he must be that anyone might be upset ESA saw fit to stop him from representing the Space community with clothing that demeans mission. From what we can tell, a woman who goes by the name of Ely Prizeman on Twitter about her creation. But none of that actually matters. What matters is the fact that no one at 50 percent of the world's population. No one asked him to take it off, because presumably they didn't think about it. It wasn't worth worrying about This is the sort of casual misogyny that stops women from entering certain scientific fields. They see a guy like that on TV and they dont feel welcome. They see a poster of greased up women in a colleague's office and they know they aren't respected. They hear comments about "bitches" while out at a bar with fellow science students, and they decide to change majors. And those are the women who actually make it that far. Those are the few who persevered even when they were discouraged from pursuing degrees in physics, chemistry, and math throughout high school These are the women who forged on despite the fact that they were told by elementary school classmates and the media at large that girls who lke science are nerdy and unattractive. This is the climate women who dream of working at NASA or the ESA come up against, every single day. This shirt is representative of all of that, whether Taylor meant it to be or not esa Rose Eveleth No no women are toooootally welcome in our community, just ask the dude in this shirt. youtube.com/watch?v NSV6ZB. 22 PM-12 Nov 2014 722 RETWEITS 487 TAVTE The Atiantic journalist Rose Eveleth briliantly captures what that shirt represents in a community that continues to struggle, if not outright fail, to respect women Update: The amazingly talented Arielle Duhaime-Ross added some powerful thoughts to this piece that I wish I'd included when was originally published. 94 618 18490 POSTS COMMENTS POSTS COMMENTS ABOUT ARIELLE DUHAIME-ROSS ABOUT CHRIS PLANTE Arielle writes about soience, health, and as many strange things as she can into a day. Before coming to The Verge, she wrote for outlets like Quartz and Scientifio American. And before that, she studied the territorial behaviors of the Senior Edtor, The Verge o-ounder, Polygon r shirt is sex The Verge ooks for the Arielle Duhaime-Ross (.com) EMAIL TWITTER

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The Verge's insightful article on the Philae landing.


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"Before writing for The Verge, she also wrote for publications like Quartz and Scientific American."

You used to write for respected scientific publications. Now you write about some guy's bowling shirt on a clickbait gossip rag. Look how far you've fallen, Arielle.

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Though not related to GG, as said in the notes and what the article is about as well, it does showcase one instance where this form of social justice is just plain silly.

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