Midnight Pals: Girls in Space (Patreon)

[space coven]Mary Robinette Kowal: listen up, boys!Kowal: I've got a story for you… the story of the lady astronaut!Kowal: that's rightKowal: a lady wants to be an astronautKowal: how about that?!

Kowal: while working for jim Henson productions, i was inspired by that great space explorer miss piggy to ask: what if women could go to space?Kowal: i would call itKowal: GIRLS IN SPAAAAAAAAACEKowal: with captain Lass Her-throbKowal: first mate girlyKowal: and dr. Julian strangewoman

Robert Heinlein: what? girls in space?Heinlein: that's preposterous!Heinlein: everyone knows that space travel requires the cold calculating mind and stout body of a manHeinlein: a girl in space! don't make me laugh!Kowal: no it's trueKowal: girls can go to space

Heinlein: hyeah rightHeinlein: back me up here, boysHG wells: I've never heard of a girl in spaceJules Verne: yeah i mean c'monVerne: what would a girl even do in space?Verne: have a period?

Wells: maybe talk about her feelingsVerne: haha!Heinlein: "in space, no one can hear you nag"Verne: haha!Mary Shelley: sup fuckers?Wells:Verne:Heinlein:

Shelley: you lads talkin' bout something?Wells:Verne:Heinlein:Shelley: [picking teeth with switchblade] don't let me cramp your styleWells:Verne:Heinlein:

Heinlein: shouldn'tHeinlein: shouldn't you be over at midnight society?Shelley: why? something happening here i shouldn't know about?Heinlein: nHeinlein: n-no

Kowal: they were saying girls can't go to spaceShelley: there's plenty of girls in spaceShelley: what about the moonHeinlein: what about the moonShelley: she's a lesbianHeinlein: WHAT!?!? NO!!! STOP!Heinlein: YOU'RE RUINING THE MOON!!

Kowal: so anyway an asteroid hits earth, causing cataclysmic climate changeKowal: that will kill all life on earth in a couple decadesKowal: so naturally there's a real problem that needs to be solvedKowal: and that problem is workplace sexism in the space agency

Kowal: sure, some of the cavemen at the space agency don't think a woman is good enough to go to spaceKowal: but the lady astronaut is going to showKowal: that she is a strong independent woman who is also intelligentKowal: and no man is gonna keep her down!

Kowal: this girlboss is determined to be an inspiration to all the little girls back on earthKowal: who can all imagine that they can grow up to be anything!Kowal: i mean, at least until that climate apocalypseKowal: i guess that kind of puts a damper on it

Kowal: some men don't think she can be a lady astronaut because she has anxietyShelley: does she stab themKowal:Kowal: no she deals with her anxietyShelley: she should have stabbed themShelley: that's what i would've done