I have always loved Cindi Lauper’s style and her iconic song, ‘Girls just want to have fun’, and when I saw this photo (see above) from the Women’s March, I knew I needed to make my own rendition of the song. I hope you enjoy!
I originally learned how to play the song on the ukulele following this tutorial. The lyrics and tabs below:
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Women in STEM
[F] When you ask some girls, what’s a cool career [Dm] They say being an ecologist or an engineer [Bb] Or maybe in psychology or neuroscience, [Dm] Some girls, [C*] just want to do [Bb] science, [Dm] Some girls [C] just want to be [F] scientists,
[F] I know there’s still discrimination [Dm] But don’t let it stop you from a career in STEM [Bb] Follow your dreams is what I urge [Dm] Some girls [C*] just want to do [Bb] research, [Dm] So we’re going to [C] pursue [F] research
[F] Ya that’s all we really want [Dm] Some funding [F] To run experiments [Dm] And make [C*] infer- [Bb] ences [Dm] Ya to [C] help [F] society
[F] Make a lab with lots of diversity [Dm] Including women and minorities [Bb] You don’t have to look far, you don’t have to search [Dm] And it will make [C*] for better [Bb] research, [Dm] Ya and makes for [C] better [F] researchers
[F] Ya that’s all we really want [Dm] Some funding [F] To run experiments [Dm] And make [C*] infer- [Bb] ences [Dm] Ya to [C] help [F] society
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If you want to hear more about diversity and women in STEM you can:
watch this TED talk
read this article on diversity in academia
listen to this podcast which highlights how diversity in academia leads to heightened creativity
read this article on women in conservation!