[Techtalk] Maker Girls

[Miriam English]

Hi Little Girl,

I think most "official" makers do so as a hobby, not as their job.

When I told her I'd forwarded her email to this list I said that I put 
together my own computers, and make all sorts of stuff from plastic milk 
cartons and coathangers and all kinds of stuff, but because have not 
*yet* built a 3D printer, I discounted myself. I'm now wondering if I 
was wrong to dismiss what I make...

When I think of the extraordinary 3D objects I've seen made out of 
basically 2D string, by knitting, sewing, and weaving it, perhaps women 
have "traditionally" always been makers, yet somehow generally 
discounted by themselves and others. I wonder why making a spacesuit or 
a clean-room "bunny suit" is generally considered "important" and making 
a kids' bedtime bunny suit is not? Entire societies flower or fall 
depending on the care of children given largely by women, so any 
argument of life-dependency or economics is merely one of scope. Heck, 
as I read somewhere recently, women make (give birth to and largely 
raise) the entire workforce. :)

Best wishes,

	- Miriam

Little Girl wrote:
> Hey there,
>
> Miriam English wrote:
>
>> I was forwarded this by a friend and thought there might be some
>> crossover between the LinuxChix and Maker Girls communities.
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> [SNIP]
>
> This was immediately of interest to me because I make things, but
> since it's just a hobby for me and not a way to earn a living, I
> don't fit the official definition of a maker. Ah, well. You did give
> me a new search term to use when looking for ways to socialize with
> others with similar hobbies, so thanks for that. (:
>

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  - Dr. Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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