Women We Love
Gail Trimble: Kicker of University Challenge Ass
By way of Lisa(#1) we bring you Gail Trimble. Ms. Trimble recently lead her Corpus Christi College, Oxford team to victory on BBC2’s University Challenge. What did she win for being a scholarly and confident young woman? Public vilification. She’s maintained her head through good press and bad, and handled it all with grace. However, we are more than a bit angered and confused by the negativity. When did being intelligent become objectionable and why? Is it jealousy, or possibly the mistaking of a mixture of shyness and intellectual confidence for hauteur? Whatever the root of it, we feel she’s thoroughly undeserving of this bizarre backlash and think her brilliance and self-possession should be celebrated. So please join us in raising a glass (and our glasses) to Gail Trimble. Well done, Gail. Well done.
For those of you interested, here’s a video that highlights her story fairly well.