Stemming is a place for women and girls who are interested or involved in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math) to connect with each other to share information and opportunities.
Stemming is for all women and girls interested in any level of science, technology, engineering and math.
If you're not a woman, or not interested in the STEM fields, you're still welcome; however, trolling or abuse will not be tolerated, and we ask that you respect the site's primary purpose of encouraging female interest and participation in these fields. Anyone posting trollish, inappropriate, offensive, or wildly off-topic content or who does not appear to make a good-faith effort to respect the purpose of the site may have their posts and/or account deleted at the sole discretion of an administrator.
Everyone! You can blog about anything you want on your personal stemming blog; these blog posts will be displayed on your profile, and anyone on the site will be able to read or comment on them.
A stemming administrator will choose selected blog posts from stemming users to feature on the front page of the site (generally, posts the administrator thinks are of the most general interest to the site's users).
Mostly, we hope you'll connect with others with similar interests, and possibly set up in-person meetings (that's what the "networking", "mentoring", and "menteeing" buttons on users' profiles are for).
Just click one of these links to send an initial message to another user — your email will be included with the message so they can get back in touch with you and set up a meeting or another form of contact.
You can also use the search feature to find users with similar interests or who are nearby to network or set up a mentoring relationship with.
Neat! Email me at clara@stemming.org or contact me through the site.
You may also want to check out this introductory post or other posts in the administrivia category for more information about the site.