Those of you who have joined me from the other blog may remember that in one of my final posts I taunted you with something amazing I had to give away after I made my move to ScienceBlogs. Well, Dr. Isis has made her move, hung some new drapes and stirred up some trouble, and now she's feeling give-y. So, here's what I have for one lucky Dr. Isis fan:
These may look familiar to you:
Figure 1: The That's Awesome pump by Naughty Monkey (Dr. Isis's favorite brand of shoe).
Two weeks ago Dr. Isis ordered these shoes and they are now prominently featured in Dr. Isis's blog banner. Those of you who have been with me for a while know that I do my shoe ordering from places like Zappos or Endless where shipping is free in both directions. That way, I order a shoe in every size that might fit and return that ones that don't. When Dr. Isis ordered this pair, she bought an 8 and a 9 and found that the 8s fit her like a pair of sexy black satin elbow-length gloves. Except, for her feet.
The thing is, these shoes are so amazingly beautiful and were such a steal that I can't bring myself to return the size 9s so that some other non-descript woman can try to be as hot as Dr. Isis (and, of course, fail). However, I feel very comfortable with one of my readers having these lovely shoes and wearing them in an attempt to try to be as hot as Dr. Isis (and maybe succeed. Isis's readers are hotter than most).
Figure 2: Up for grabs -- One pair of never-worn That's Awesome pumps in a size 9 autographed by the domestic and laboratory goddess herself. Picture taken with Dr. Isis's non-iPhone.
So, if you want them (either for yourself or some other deserving size 9 in your life), leave a comment in the commenty place explaining in 20,000 words or less all the reasons you are terribly deserving and all the reasons why Dr. Isis is the most benevolent and generous domestic and laboratory goddess you have ever encountered. I'll pick the comment that I like the best and you'll get yourself one free pair of the most amazing pumps you ever laid eyes on. Seriously, these shoes are so smokin' hot that someone saw them and was so entranced by them that they offered me tenure (unfortunately not in my department). The only caveat is that, if you win and I send you these delicious shoes, you need to take a picture of yourself (but not necessarily of your face or any other identifying part of you) walking in Dr. Isis's shoes and send it here for posting.
Happy commenting, little lambs!
PS: The RSS feed works. Thanks, ScienceBlogs!
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Comments
Oh, how I wish I had size 9 feet. But, alas, I do not. I am, however, in awe of your benevolence.
Posted by: PostDoc | November 10, 2008 3:58 PM
Aw, why can't you have little feet like me? Are you sure you don't have a pair in size 5.5 lying around somewhere?
Posted by: Disgruntled Julie | November 10, 2008 4:18 PM
sigh. I am in the same boat. Julie, such small feet you have! I thought mine were small at 6.5...
Posted by: PhizzleDizzle | November 10, 2008 4:24 PM
I'm in the same little feet boat too (6.5). Those shoes are damn cute, and I'm sure whoever the winner is will be too when they're wearing them, just as Dr Isis is!
Posted by: Beth | November 10, 2008 5:08 PM
Let's all be clear that you wacky ladies may have "small feet" but the domestic and laboratory goddess does not have "large feet."
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | November 10, 2008 5:15 PM
Oh, but if only I were a size 9. Dr. Isis has perfectly reasonable size 8-9 feet...mine are just abnormally small. Oh well, if I got the shoes I would have to go out and buy some clothes too (which my poor stipend could not handle)...nothing in my closet is so smokin' hot enough to go with those shoes.
Posted by: ambivalent academic | November 10, 2008 5:20 PM
/long time lurker from Dr. Isis's old stomping grounds
I came out of lurk mode for two reasons...
In fact I was going to delurk earlier, to comment, oh domestic goddess of all things laboratorial, on your post for defending women and science- which I may still do in a more coherent, stylized, and all around cohesive manner at a later date-- but for now I just would like to give you my kudos for what you do and how you do it. Style, grace, and a little snarkiness...what is wrong with that? Maybe, I should just say thank you.
And, the second reason. While the totally hot Dr. Isis (and I myself as a size 9-10) may not have abnormally small feet, we are able to show off more of the totally smoking hot shoes since we do not need a microscope to see them...
Posted by: Dr. Zeek | November 10, 2008 5:39 PM
Too bad I wear a 13.
Posted by: juniorprof | November 10, 2008 6:01 PM
Oh, if only the totally hot and smoking Dr Isis would grant me a pair of equally hot and smoking shoes! It is but my life's dream to follow in her shoes in the sciences, and such a pair of gorgeous pumps would make it so that I could continue my metaphorical journey while physically walking in her shoes. Ah, but to have a pair of shoes favored by the great Dr Isis would but make me walk taller and prouder in my just-larger-than-perfectly sized feet. I cannot help but wonder what increased properties these shoes will hold, coming from the great Dr Isis. My feet will surely dream of the possibility tonight!
Posted by: Elle | November 10, 2008 6:06 PM
Goddess Isis,
I was on self-imposed 'probation' from reading blogs for about 4 months until I defended about two weeks ago. Slowly as I started catching up on my ScienceBlogs feeds, I found yours. And.... you are so totally awesome and hot that I spent the entire last weekend reading all the posts from your old blog. Isn't that the a reason enough to deserve those hot (though not as hot as the goddess herself) shoes of yours?
Posted by: Change | November 10, 2008 6:14 PM
I have never been happier to be a size 9 - 9 1/2.
My dearest Dr. Isis, I covet the shoes that you have most generously offered up to your devoted readers for a few reasons. First, they would go perfectly with the teal corduroy waist-length blazer I bought a couple of weeks ago that I pair proudly with jeans in Isis-style:
Secondly, I have never owned a pair of Naughty Monkey shoes. They don't sell them anywhere around me and I can't bring myself to order shoes from the internet, as much as I may love them. I want to love them so that I can stop spending $200 or so on Stuart Weitzman and Via Spiga before I move on to a grad student's income and have to quit cold turkey.
Lastly, I aspire to be the most dedicated, mostly anonymous mini-me of Dr. Isis. Walking , quite literally, in the shoes of Dr. Isis would provide daily inspiration for me to bring the confidence, coolness, and little bit of sass that is so desperately needed in the social sciences. This would make the reach of Dr. Isis extend into the interdisciplinary realm, so while the Domestic and Laboratory Goddess fixes the physically wounded heart, I will be the one to fix the heart that has been emotionally broken.
Dr. Isis, your new and very dedicated follower JLK says "Please....Pick Me!"
Posted by: JLK | November 10, 2008 6:34 PM
I responded with pictures so it has to be approved first. I hope it works, because without the pictures it's just stupid.
Posted by: JLK | November 10, 2008 6:37 PM
The wonderful Dr. Isis entertains me daily with her open letters, shoes of the week, and Little Isis says science words. I will be defending my thesis in January and those lovely Naughty Monkey shoes are sure to help impress the professors. Not only brains, but style too! I hope someday to be able to dazzle the scientific community with knowledge while being a fantastic mom at the same time, just like Dr. Isis. And wearing fabulous shoes while I'm at it. Dr. Isis is an inspiration to us all by doing it all and with flare!
Posted by: seeree, PhD (Jan 09) | November 10, 2008 7:09 PM
Dr. Feelgood is a 6'1" burly scientist-man. Dr. Feelgood believes that the fabulous Dr. Isis should grant him those shoes, so that he can post a picture of his tenured 11 1/2 feet painfully squeezed into such fabulous footwear. This will demonstrate why no one else should even attempt to assume the mantle of shoe-dom that Dr. Isis currently enjoys.
Dr. F
Posted by: Dr. Feelgood | November 10, 2008 7:36 PM
So many 6.5-ers! Perhaps we should organize a size 6.5-shoe-swap?
Posted by: ecogeofemme | November 10, 2008 7:40 PM
I am a size nine!
I am happy to worship Dr Isis!
I have sparkly evening wear that will look extra sparkly when worn with such shoes!
I have 2 daughters who will borrow them so they will not spend many Saturday nights alone in a closet!
One of those daughters is a scientist wannabee ( Mom do you know how much the tuition is for a PHD? No, but I think I am about to find out.) ... how cool if you both attended the same conference in the same shoes!?
Posted by: R E G | November 10, 2008 7:55 PM
hot female scientists don't kiss asses, we kick asses. and i would do so in a very hot manner in the Dr Isis-endorsed shoes.
Posted by: leigh | November 10, 2008 8:07 PM
I've got a fraction of my monthly graduate stipend budgeted for online shoe shopping, but I also accept grants in footwear form. If I win these shoes I will list them under the "Awards" section of my CV. I'll rock them with a short skirt and fabulous blouse (but not in the lab, where my attire must remain OSHA compliant) and send you the evidence. And I will show the rest of my cohort that it's possible to be a tall blonde in fabulous heels and still get the best grade on the biochem exam (which I just finished dominating, so I really feel like I deserve a reward).
As a Zappos and Endless devotee, I know how hard it can be to send a good pair of shoes back from whence they came, even when they don't fit. Bless you for paying it forward.
Posted by: Laura | November 10, 2008 8:25 PM
I think many of you are missing the point. These shoes aren't for wearing. They're to be saved and handed down, generation to generation, in celebration of the brilliant and beautiful Dr. Isis. Note that her signature on them practically guarantees that they'll increase in value...
(Please consider this my entry.)
Posted by: lylebot | November 10, 2008 8:52 PM
...
I could soooo pull this off . . .were I a size 9.
H3ll, I would even shave my legs early just to look my best...
...:minism:...
...tom...
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Posted by: ...tom... | November 10, 2008 10:21 PM
damnit, why do I have to have size 11 flipper feet? *sulks*
I was a size nine when I was 13... I know for a fact I was indeed a size 5 when I was in 3rd grade (like 8-9 yrs old I think?)
Damn DNA...
Posted by: Eugenie | November 10, 2008 10:31 PM
This is exactly why I adore you, ..tom...
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | November 10, 2008 11:14 PM
Would these so-called size 9's fit a true size 9? Or closer to an 8? or 10?
I thought you were a frequent buyer of Naughty Monkey shoes. Do they vary so much in size that one has to order 2 different whole sizes?
Posted by: confuzle | November 11, 2008 2:37 AM
Alas, another with abnormally small feet (6.5 here too!)
And I think ...tom... should get them :)
Posted by: Jenn | November 11, 2008 5:21 AM
Jenn, these will fit a true size 9. Naughty Monkey is quite true to fit, but whenever I buy pointy-toed shoes I always buy the next size up too because there is nothing less comfortable than pointy toes.
Posted by: Isis the Scientist | November 11, 2008 7:26 AM
Those shoes are damned ugly..
Glad to be a size twelve, wouldn't want to win those!
Pointy shoes scare me...
Posted by: Rijkswaanvijand | November 11, 2008 7:43 AM
Dear Isis,
I will not kiss ass. I will give compliments when one deserves them and I will critizise when necessary, but I want these pumps because they are yours. I am a size 9. I will put them on only to take the picture you want and then I will hang them from the ceiling as part of mobile we already have in the kitchen of our granddaugther's shoes (a picture of said mobile will accompany the one with your awesome pumps on my feet and on the mobile).
Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 11, 2008 12:22 PM
Dearest Isis,
I am a size 9, and I will fully rock those pumps with a baby on my hip, a diaper bag full of Science on my back, and a latte in my hand.
Those Naughty Monkeys won't know what hit 'em.
I remain,
The Mother of All Scientists
Posted by: ScienceMama | November 11, 2008 4:10 PM
General Disarray wants me to put my hat in the ring for the contest. I think he really digs the Naughty Monkey shoes. I think he really digs the idea of me strutting my stuff in our department in those shoes and the look on people's faces when I do it. If permissible, I humbly submit, as my entry my post from today, though I suspect I cannot compete with Sol's!
Posted by: River Tam | November 11, 2008 4:17 PM
Dear Dr Isis,
I am a desperate post doc in need of an excellent pair of Goddess inspiring shoes to make the laboratory yet a bit closer to the Goddess heaven. I have yet to buy my first pair of shoes on line, and this would be a marvelous way of opening that door for me.
On top of it, I am not like Cinderella’s awful stepsisters in need to cut off a toe or a heel, nor do I need to pad them in the front or – the horror – wear thick socks to make them fit since my feet are a perfect 9.
I would be totally grateful and extremely happy to receive these shoes with the signature on them. They would be revered and make me remember that there is a purpose with the time in lab and science.
Sincerely your,
Post doc in the South of US
Posted by: chall | November 11, 2008 4:53 PM
River Tam,
I read with interest and full agreement the post on your blog. Consequently, I am willing to offer you a deal, if I'm the lucky bastard to win Isis's amazing pumps. After taking the promised pictures, I'll send you one pump. You will have to choose between left and right. I don't care which as long as I can claim one of those as a token of my support for women scientists and their science.
Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 11, 2008 5:02 PM
Dr. Isis,
I don't know how it works on Scienceblogs, if the comment I posted last night with the images goes to you for approval or to another administrator. If you didn't get it, let me know and I'll post my response on my blog (since I know how to make the pictures work on there).
- JLK
Posted by: JLK | November 11, 2008 8:39 PM
I had difficulties last night to fall asleep thinking about the Godess's shoes and whether or not I will be the lucky one to get them. Thus, I decided to increase my chances of winning her generous offering by giving her a signed copy of my book
http://www.brownwalker.com/book.php?book=1581124228&method=ISBN, in return. I will even go further by offering River Tam her own copy just to make her feel better for not being able to put the pumps on her feet.
Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 12, 2008 8:45 AM
Dear Dr. Isis,
I strive to live my life with the same kind of sass you dole out so effortlessly on a regular basis. This would be much easier with these beautiful shoes on my size 9 feet. It might also help convince students that being a female scientist does not come with a frump requirement, although a woman may, of course, dress however she likes. I am also in somewhat of a slump just now, and shoes such as these would provide one hell of a pick-me-up.
Incidentally, when I was in Nicaragua, I saw Naughty Monkey knock-offs in a bus market, but they were labeled Mono Malo instead, which is bad monkey in Spanish. I laughed about this for weeks afterward.
Posted by: DCStrickland | November 12, 2008 4:36 PM
Sol, you are a lovely human being. I accept your offer(s). You're welcome over at Professor Chaos anytime! I'll still cry when you win the shoes, however.
Posted by: River Tam | November 12, 2008 5:28 PM
You've got the book, River Tam, whether I'll win the shoes or not. I'll send you my e-mail address such that we can arrange for the book to reach you in the mail.
Posted by: S. Rivlin | November 12, 2008 9:24 PM