Continuing on the theme of stereotypes:
Look! My new bag. I'm so, so tired of 'pretty' being associated with 'unprofessional and probably ditzy'. I am so tired of never wearing skirts, dangly earrings, pastels, scarves... you get the idea. I have an entire closet full of clothing I can't wear to lab because it's too girly.
But! I decided: I've been mean enough to enough people that I can finally, metaphorically speaking, wear a little pink. I'm fighting the stereotype! With pink flowers.
Yours in Science and Sewing,
A Professional Biologist Who Likes Pretty Flowers