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1 " History is full of lady engineers and spies and scientists. But history is also written by the victorious, and it may not surprise you that thus far the overwhelming winners have been straight white dudes. That hasn't worked out so well for everyone else. "
― Sam Maggs , Wonder Women: 25 Innovators, Inventors, and Trailblazers Who Changed History
2 " Being a fangirl is the best thing that's ever happened to me. ...We know what we're into, we love hard, and we're okay with it. "
― Sam Maggs , The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy: A Handbook for Girl Geeks
3 " Anyone who shows up for a midnight opening-night screening of the latest, shiniest geek flick must be a diehard nerd. I mean, you'd have to be a killer-huge fan to wait in line for hours for the newest Star Wars or Marvel Universe film, right? "
4 " Book clubs are totally dope - like English class if you were allowed to read only books that you actually like and snack and sip while discussing them. "
5 " Dream Your World. Be Your World. Flaunt Your World. "
6 " We know what we’re into, we love hard, and we’re okay with it. But we don’t have it easy. "
7 " fiction, no matter the form, allows you to live a thousand meaningful experiences and relationships that you could never have in real life. Getting invested in a fictional world means you have a wonderful imagination, a big heart, and the capacity for endless creativity. No one can say anything bad about that. "
8 " Whatever you want to do—start now. No one needs to give you permission. No one needs to invite you to the table. Just "
9 " Do you want every human everywhere—regardless of gender, race, class, sexuality, or fandom—to have the same rights? Then congrats: you are a feminist. Huzzah! "
10 " You’re not a true fan if you only like the Marvel movies; you can’t be in the anime community unless you speak fluent Japanese; you’re not allowed to dress up as Ms. Marvel unless you’ve read every Ms. Marvel comic, ever. "
11 " And although many of us have caring, sympathetic men in our lives, there are some things—no matter how many times we explain them—that they’ll never fully understand. "
― Sam Maggs , Girl Squads: 20 Female Friendships That Changed History
12 " Ruth Bader Ginsburg “People ask me sometimes, ‘When will there be enough women on the court?’ and my answer is, ‘When there are nine.’ "
13 " Women are becoming the driving force behind geek culture, and we shouldn’t be relegated to the sidelines. "
14 " Can we all just agree that Han shot first? "
15 " It’s time to shake off the bogus fear that pursuing any interest that falls outside the traditionally “feminine”—say, working in a STEM field, exploring the world, designing a video game—will make us complete pariahs. "
16 " First, though, we have to get the stories of these women out into the world. Because representation matters. And we ladies need real inspiration for the next time we find ourselves doubting our ability to invent something, the next time we fear learning how to code, the next time we feel like we just don’t belong. So "
17 " Zhenyi knew she was awesome, too. In one of her well-regarded poems, she writes that her ambition was “to a kind even stronger than a man’s” and that she was often “reluctant to ride a horse with make-up” (totally understandable since eyeliner back then was probably not smudge-proof). After "
18 " Dismissing women as “strident,” “harsh,” “bossy,” whatever, is one of the oldest tricks in the “Get Women To Shut Up” book. "
19 " When many others blamed the eclipse phenomenon on supernatural events, Zhenyi wrote back, “Actually, it’s definitely because of the moon.” (Direct quote!) All "
20 " Ada’s mother, Anne, was a mathematician in her own right, and despite Lord Byron praising Anne as the “Princess of Parallelograms,” the two had a tumultuous relationship and young Ada never really met her father. Now "
