I hosted a PBS show called Science Goes To The Movies for five seasons and was a Teaching Fellow for a quantum physics class in college...and I am here to say that parents and educators obsessed with prioritizing STEM over humanities can suck it, “suck it” being a term of art.

**also, this photo of “Fatima” in the U.K. was taken in Atlanta, Ga

When I applied for the Rhodes scholarship, I was a straight A student at Harvard w highest of recommendations.
I based my application on the truth, which was that I wanted a graduate degree in lit & intended to continue being an actor.
Harvard refused to endorse my application.

I applied anyway.
The Rhodes committee asked me to act, out of the blue, in my final interview.
I stood on a chair in the middle of the room and launched into Bananas’ four corners monologue from The House of Blue Leaves.
I won the scholarship.