23. Dating a Rocket Scientist with Dr. K. Renee Horton

The Secret Lives of Black Women

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🗓️ 30 January 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Success can often be used against black women, especially while dating. Charla and Lauren have experiences that have left them being labeled as ‘intimidating’ or ‘ a lot.’ These descriptions are familiar to Author and Space Launch Quality System Engineer Dr. K. Renee Horton. Working for NASA is something that Dr. Horton loves but people rarely ask about what it’s like to thrive in all the other aspects of life. In this conversation, Dr. Horton talks about her love for science and relationships, sharing hilarious stories that illuminate one experience of dating whole being a rocket scientist. You can find more about The SLBW at https://www.instagram.com/theslbw/ Follow SLBW on Twitter and Instagram @theslbw Find Dr. K. Renne Horton @Reneehortonphdon Twitter

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0:00.0	Because I'm intelligent and smart and there are some things that just come very natural to me,
0:06.0	it also makes other people intimidated.
0:08.0	And so for me to hear people say, you know, there's not that many. I'm like, dig. I got two girlfriends and, you know, 50 of them are in STEM.
0:20.0	Nothing ever made social media.
0:23.0	And I was like, why am I touching my life away for other people?
0:27.0	I know my work.
0:29.0	Like I'm worth every problem you won't have with me.
0:33.2	I'm worth every argument.
0:34.9	I'm worth all of that.
0:39.4	This is the Secret Lives of Black Women.
0:41.0	I'm Lauren.
0:42.0	I'm Sharla. And today we're talking about how to date
0:45.5	when you're a badass. You know this is something as someone who's I would actively is
0:51.0	actually the wrong work because I'm so not dating because I'm so done with the
0:54.4	bullshit but some of the bullshit is it's hard to date when you're a badass and dealing with men
0:58.7	who are intimidated by your perceived success or just you know I'm a vibrant people person in the world and I feel like
1:07.9	sometimes I've been on dates where it's just it's really hard because people are like no you should be paying
1:14.4	more attention to me or I have to be the center of your focus or they'll go I was once
1:20.0	on a date they'll go in the opposite end and the guy was like what do you do?
1:24.0	I was like oh I work in film and then it just became this like thing of like but what
1:30.1	do you in film like how can I get connected how can I like
1:32.9	get in you must be so do you know this person do you know and it just was so
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