The latest cultural perspective on my profession

[jaunthie]

As most of you know (or could learn from my profile), I'm a technogeek. The stereotypical cultural image of tech geeks is classic and persistent: a white, scrawny, socially-awkward, poorly-dressed male, usually with poor skin or other hygiene problems. That stereotype is not at all who I am, thankfully, nor does it match most of my fellow technogeek friends.

However, neither does this:



BBC Article: Computer Engineer Barbie: Does Barbie's new geeky look fit with reality?

Note the hot-pink laptop and glasses frames. Yeah, that just screams "geek" to me. :-p

I'm almost tempted to try and find one of these for my office. I can just imagine the reaction of my co-workers.

Comments

[tylik.livejournal.com]

But if you re-did it in black and maybe jewel tones, instead of white and pastels? (I still think it would be vastly improved by having her hair up in a bun held in place with a pencil and a coffee stirrer, but hey...)

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

The hair is totally impractical (and implausible), yeah - needs to be either short or tied back. Black and neutral tones would be a lot more true to life for the techies I know - and of course blue jeans and comfortable shoes are a must. (AFAIK this Barbie comes with wedge heels, which is to laugh, indeed.)

It might be fun to rework one of these "for real"... ;-)

[(Anonymous)]

Aye, well. The Veterinarian Barbie wears a mini skirt and high heeled boots. Ain't gonna catch ANY of my co-professionals in that sort of getup.

I say you get one just to freak people out.

--J

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

Mini-skirt and high-heeled boots?

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!!

Okay, that's even worse than the pink laptop and wedge heels and get-in-your-way hair. Sheesh. Does she come with a pink poodle, too?

And yes, the temptation to get one just to freak out my fellow geeks is nontrivial.