In some of my circles it's a runing joke that Rust, along with Haskell and some other adjacent FP languages, are favored by trans women; and also when I think about the women I know personally who write Rust code in some kind of professional or hobbyist capacity, I think literally all of them are trans.
> The doctors are sympathetic, and I think some of them even understand—regardless, they can offer no solace beyond the chemical. They are too kind to resent, but my envy is palpable. One, a trans woman, is especially gentle; perhaps because her own frustrations mirror mine, our cognitive distance sabotaging her authenticity.
In some of my circles it's a runing joke that Rust, along with Haskell and some other adjacent FP languages, are favored by trans women; and also when I think about the women I know personally who write Rust code in some kind of professional or hobbyist capacity, I think literally all of them are trans.
There's a quote from the ctrlcreep short story Knowing One's Place (https://ctrlcreep.substack.com/p/knowing-ones-place) that has stuck in my mind since I first read it:
> The doctors are sympathetic, and I think some of them even understand—regardless, they can offer no solace beyond the chemical. They are too kind to resent, but my envy is palpable. One, a trans woman, is especially gentle; perhaps because her own frustrations mirror mine, our cognitive distance sabotaging her authenticity.