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LanternWaste

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15. It believe it may have been relevant had they been pictures of...
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 03:22 PM
Jan 2015

We all illustrate our biases in way or another... it believe it may have been relevant to the OP had they been pictures of...


Grace Hopper, Computer Scientist


Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, prof of Biochemistry and Biophysics


Ameia Earhart, Pilot and Explorer.





Yet simply asking you the relevance in no ways implies "All else is irrelevant?"-- so yes, 'people do assume a lot..."

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"cause I'm a blond" (from "earth girls are easy") niyad Jan 2015 #1
The article is OK, but my one problem with it is hollysmom Jan 2015 #2
there is a certain irony to that, I think Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2015 #3
I once met a beautiful blonde woman who was studying engineering MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #4
that there would even be a reason to need to explain a blonde is smart, kinda is the point. seabeyond Jan 2015 #5
I don't think it needs to be explained MannyGoldstein Jan 2015 #10
Blondes I have loved LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #6
Veronica LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #7
really? where in this OP do you get the idea us women are asking men to validate the existence of a seabeyond Jan 2015 #8
They're just head shots of iconic blondes. LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #12
again. so? and why? seabeyond Jan 2015 #13
She's cute, attractive, big eyes and smile, if her picture is any indication. LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #16
And the relevance of your loves is...? LanternWaste Jan 2015 #9
Iconic Blonde Archetype Override? LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #14
It believe it may have been relevant had they been pictures of... LanternWaste Jan 2015 #15
I was actually in the middle of looking LuvLoogie Jan 2015 #17
My favorite: ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #11
I need to come in here more often. cwydro Feb 2015 #18
Try being a redheaded female at MIT. pnwmom Feb 2015 #19
I am male. I completed a pure math PhD at UCLA... Lucky Luciano Feb 2015 #20
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