Acting my age?

[nathreee]

I often read John Scalzi’s blog Whatever, and today he shared an old video of his daughter when she was young and adorable. It gave me mixed feelings. Then a friend on facebook changed her profile picture to the inspirational message: “There is absolutely no good reason to act your age.” Now I just have to write about my feelings…

I hate being

Comments

[anemoona]

I don't get it. First it's about cute little girls, than about princess pink and not being intelligent and not respected as a woman. This goes to fast for my brain.

[ideealisme]

I hear you - 40 year old female developers are not that common in my industry! Either it's men in their 30s or the occasional very young female. I wasn't cute as a child and could not get away with acting it now, so it's not so much an issue but I am aware of the anomaly.