I Haven't Ever Gone To Any Mensa

I Used To Be Very Unathletic. I Was Always So Gangly And Self-conscious About My Height. I Had Convinced Myself I Was Uncoordinated. And As A Result, I Didn't Want To Try Stuff.

I Had This Aunt Who Had A Career And Traveled. She'd Say Things Like, "when You Go To College, I Think We Should Go Scuba Diving In The Summer. The Scuba Diving In Portugal Is Fabulous." And I'd Be Like, "portugal! Holy Cats!".

Instead Of Trying To Manufacture Feelings, Use The Way You Already Feel. Or At Least Add That In.

If We Show Fictional Characters Doing Cool Stuff, Then Girls Will Want To Be It In Real Life.

Any Movie You See, If Tom Cruise Is In An Action Movie Or Whatever It Is, The Avengers, There's Going To Be A Kick-ass Female Character. Usually One. And There's A Term For This, But I Don't Know What It Is. But Someone's Coined A Term Where There's One Female Character Who's Incredibly Tough And Strong And Just As Good As The Guys At Whatever It Is They’re Doing, And Usually Wearing Black, Skin-tight Clothes, And [she] Has No Personality Whatsoever, And Is Not Funny.