A 14-year-old girl won a national math competition, solving a problem that stumped everyone else.
The second-place boy, who finished 45 minutes behind her, told a reporter that she was "probably just lucky" and that she "didn't seem that smart in person." The math community, predominantly male, chuckled at the "awkward genius" trope.
At the awards ceremony. the host a famous male mathematician, spent more time interviewing the boy about his "process" than acknowledging her victory. Her photo in the yearbook was captioned
"Math Club Member." His was captioned "Math Prodigy." She quit the math club within a year.
But go ahead, keep saying we need more girls in math.
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fuck you tyler joseph for being so full circle and intentional with everything bc wdym you have THOSE lyrics in THAT song and the lore ends the day 13 years to the day after this song dropped
we are clancy to ourselves, we are the torchbearer to someone else, we are the bishops at our lowest point and we are banditos when we are at concerts.