[filmgirlcw]

> Anecdotally I know a few women who have switched into tech in the last few years. They all talk about how they never even knew it was a viable path for someone like them. (And "someone like them" means "normal" young woman.)

Speaking as a woman who most would consider conventionally-attractive, I really think most of that is less about prejudice against nerd culture and more about what happens when more women become more visible and vocal in tech. It’s not as if suddenly, “beauty queens” started to study computer science or get interested in engineering, there have always been beautiful women who work in tech. It’s that when there is more visibility — and this is true for people of color too — that can five individuals who don’t fit the stereotype the confidence to join in.