\u201cIt\u2019s not MacGyvering, it\u2019s MacGirlvering.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\u2019ve all heard words like \u201cgirl math\u201d and \u201cgirl dinner\u201d get thrown around. While these terms sometimes get a bad rap for how they portray women, \u201cgirl tools\u201d is 100% a celebration of female resourcefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the ladies who have used their stilettos to hammer a nail, or transformed their hot hair tools into DIY soldering irons, who have a bottle of nail glue nearby for any and all things that need adhesive (because it works on EVERYTHING)\u2026this one\u2019s for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Grace Laubenthal (@GraceLaubenthal) wrote to the Women in STEM community on Threads, \u201c\u2018girl math\u2019 this, \u2018girl dinner\u2019 that what about girl tools??? i once used a bottle of lotion to nail a tapestry to my ceiling wbu.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Girl Tools?! Where\u2019s that docu-series?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyway, here are your favorite answers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI use a muffin tin to keep small parts separated\u2014and present and accounted for\u2014while assembling things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery time I have hung pictures in a vertical line folks are stunned at how quickly I\u2019ve done it and how well spaced they are. Hammer in nail 1, hang a necklace on it, next nail goes at the bottom of the chain, then necklace is moved down for the next\u2026 Better than any plumb line!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy toddler blocked our fire pit key hole for almost a year bc the key pushed the pebble all the way back. Husband couldn\u2019t get it out, so two weeks ago, I finally fashioned a high-powered vacuum hose to fit in there\u2026out of our Shark vacuum + an old breast pump tube duct taped together.Sweet, sweet fire, just in time for Fall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhen you can\u2019t find the furniture sliders, you use eviscerated dog toys.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI was changing the doorknob on my bathroom door and one of the holes wasn\u2019t big enough\/didn\u2019t align right so I used my electric nail drill to make it a little bigger.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNeed to crush spices? Can of beans. Hammer something? Can of beans. Weigh some fabric down? Can of beans. Light arm workout? Can of beans. Still a couple inches from reaching something up high? Can\u2026of\u2026beans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI keep my chainsaw tools in a @lululemon bag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOh! I just remembered this one \u2014 Last year, I used my son\u2019s skateboard to help me move an old sofa out to the street for heavy trash day. One end was placed on top of the skateboard, and I lifted and navigated the other side. It worked beautifully!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIf you haven\u2019t used a butter knife as a screwdriver, I don\u2019t trust you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI hung this shelf up with thumb tacks. My husband gave it 2 hours before it fell, it\u2019s been a year and a half and it\u2019s still standing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGirl measuring tape is my favorite. Hold your hands this far apart and walk from the item to the space where you want to fit the item. It\u2019s fool proof! (It\u2019s not but that won\u2019t stop me)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUsed a giant dildo to snatch out a huge dent in my car once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cmicrowave handle broke? pop socket \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cGirl I once lost my keys and broke into my house with a broken piece of frisbee that my dog had eaten and sh*t out in the front yard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019ve ironed a shirt with my Chi flat iron.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI keep an airport mini bottle in my tool box to use as a level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDoes using a jack to turn a ratchet because the lug nuts were on too tight count?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Perhaps the greatest part of all\u2014it brought out so much joy and comradery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt\u2019s not MacGyvering, it\u2019s MacGirlvering,\u201d one wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cInstead of \u2018Jack of all Trades,\u2019 I prefer \u2018Jill of all Skills,\u2019\u201d another quipped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Still a third added, \u201cThis is quite possibly one of the best comment sections I have ever seen. It\u2019s like finding out every single one of us has secretly been Inspector Gadget the whole time and its so wholesome and hilarious \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here\u2019s to the women who get the job done, by nail file or breast pump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cIt\u2019s not MacGyvering, it\u2019s MacGirlvering.\u201d We\u2019ve all heard words like \u201cgirl math\u201d and \u201cgirl dinner\u201d get thrown around. 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