The following was submitted to the Women in Astronomy Blog by a female astronomer who wishes to use the pseudonym Kerri Benjamin.
The next sentence is the most important thing in this whole post:
I am posting this under a pseudonym because I am afraid to post it on my own blog or Twitter.
I am afraid.
The snafu known as ShirtGate or ShirtStorm is complicated, nuanced, and exhausting.
The below is not comprehensive. I'm going to talk about the things I consider to be the most important or most misunderstood. I'm doing bullet points because I am too damn tired to make this narratively pretty. And I don't mean physically exhausted. I am tired of THIS. THIS is sexism, in the world, in science, and on the Internet.
