Welcome to Undercover Feminist
My name is Kelly Seiler. I'm an electrical engineer working in the defense industry. I realized that there was an undercurrent of sexism present at work... no one person or attitude seemed to be the culprit. I've decided to learn more about feminism to help me better combat sexism without damaging my reputation. I consider myself an undercover feminist. I'm a feminist, but I avoid pointing things out directly.
Recommended Reading
An excellent feminist primer! At 118 pages this one is a quick read, but still jam packed with information. It will change your perspective about what feminism is really about compared to the mass media portrayal.
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While not a strictly feminist read, this books has lots of good tips to consider in an office environment.
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Category Archives: Did You Know?
Did you know? Made up diseases
Watch out. Too small of a breast size is a disease according to leading medical experts. No, really. It’s called micromastia and it’s medical description is “underdeveloped” breasts. What is the cure for so called underdeveloped breasts? Implants, of course! These leading medical experts happen to be part of the American Society [...]
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Did you Know? Help Wanted – Female
Did you know that help wanted ads used to be segregated by gender? At that time most people looked for jobs using the newspaper (awwww how quaint!).
Job segregation may no longer be legal however for certain types of jobs you would never know it. These are the so called Pick Collar [...]
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Did you know? Running Will Make Your Uterus Fall Out!
This was apparently widely accepted medical advice in 1976. That was the year Kathrine Switzer ran the Boston marathon with a number. Now, the Boston Marathon isn’t just any race… it is the world’s oldest annual marathon. It began in 1897 and had always been a men’s only race. Roberta Blib ran covertly ten years [...]
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Did you know? Women Got the Vote
90 years ago today women got the vote!!
90 years ago feminists were focused on getting to a place where women were equal on paper. Today we face very different challenges. We’re pretty much equal on paper, but sexism is present everywhere. Women are taught by society to behave in ways that undermine their careers. We’re [...]
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Did You Know? Women Musicians
I was shocked to learn that it was widely believed that women couldn’t ‘do music’. In the 1970s the use of blind auditions – where the person auditioning could not be seen by the judges – dramatically increased the number of women hired into orchestras. At the time conductors of orchestras were on record saying [...]
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Did You Know? Barbie the Computer Engineer
Did you know that Barbie’s new career is a computer engineer? Awesome! Especially considering that in 1994 one of talking Barbie’s soundbites was “Math is hard!”
While I’m not really a fan of Barbie or hot pink I still love Barbie’s new career. I’m not really worried that girls like me won’t become engineers. [...]
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Did You Know? Women’s Property Rights
Did you know that in the 1800s American patents awarded to women listed their name as the wife of Mr. so-and-so. Women were not legally able to hold property, enter into contracts, or control a variety of other legal matters until the 1840s to 1890s. Patents fell under this general rule. Many women inventors will [...]
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Did you Know? Women Wearing Pants
Did you know that historically women were not allowed to wear pants in a professional environment. That’s right. Not allowed. The whole concept of not being able to wear pants at work is preposterous to me. So completely foreign that I can’t even really understand it.
To me pants are more professional than skirts. You’re not [...]
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Did You Know? Pink was the stronger, manlier color.