Gender is not relevant, unless it is. People need to see folks like themselves represented, and downplaying gender as "not relevant" dismisses the very real ef

Gender is not relevant, unless it is. People need to see folks like themselves represented, and downplaying gender as "not relevant" dismisses the very real effect this can have. Are her achievements awesome because she's a woman? No, of course not -- they're awesome for their own merits. But if one woman sees this and gets inspired by it, that's awesome.