Harriet S. Mosatche

Good lord. I had hoped this book would help me, as a science teacher, increase engagement of my female students. Instead, it's an extended wanking-on about how important STEM is, page after page, with lots of examples of all the ways in which women are devalued in STEM, and struggles, and overcoming them, and blah blah -- plus a number of experiences you (parent) should make sure your girls have (if you have the money and connections) to help them enjoy STEM STEM STEM which is important because STEM STEM STEMMY STEM. Oh, and you should advocate for your girls, did we mention that? and boys get this, that, and the other thing, and so you need to inculcate all these character traits in your girls because they're how you succeed against all the odds in STEM. (Never mind that they're equally important for high levels of success in any field.) And protect those girls from brainwashing by the media, which wants to make sure they don't succeed in STEM! The book spreads the gospel of nothing-but-STEM, implicitly devaluing other fields.

This is such a White, middle-class, omphaloskeptic book I nearly hurled. And I'm a White, middle-class omphaloscope. Gave it one star because I didn't actually find any typos.… (más)