FEMALES: Special Interests

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Hopefully I'm not re-inventing the wheel here, but girls, what are/have been your special interests? I've browsed this forum and haven't yet come across this topic, but if I am wrong please correct me.

To get started, a few of mine were/are;

Pre school/primary school
Literature (I was interested in a wide variety, however my favourites included Spot the Dog, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, The Jolly Postman series, The Babysitters Club, The Saddle Club, and many of the Golden Books)
Puzzles
Horses (this one only lasted about a year)

Secondary School
Organising/arranging/cleaning my room/our house
Princess Diana/Royal family

University years[i]
Literature (philosophy, psychology)
Myers Briggs Personality test

I have special interests but I don't want to share them online, it just doesn't feel right for me. There may be others that feel this way about their special interests, if this is true the disscussion of female special interests would be limited.

Age 12- 22: MLB baseball stats and anything I could find on Pete Rose
age 23+: raising children(read 100s of books on it, no Internet yet)
age 28+: Medical textbooks mostly on the brain( no I didn't attend college)
age38+: aspergers and autism (found out my 12 yr old had aspergers and read books and discovered that I have it too, as well as my Dad and other family too)
Am 47 now And still love all of these except the Pete Rose thing, I love psychology too

Lots of stuff:

Slinkys
Religious stuff
Psychology
Sexual language (my friend's fault b/c I can't follow conversations )
Fuzzy Stuff
Autism
Feet
hygiene
anime
different eras of the past
anatomy/science
etc.

Interests: The 60s, The Kinks. It's all about Swinging London, Carnaby Street and Routemasters!

I have similar interests as you. I've always been really into only specific types of literature. When I was little it was stuff like Anne of Green Gables, the Boxcar Children, and Little House on the Prairie books. Then when I got into high school I became more interested in the 19th century British novels: Jane Austen, the Brontës, Dickens. I still really only enjoy literature from that time period now.

I've always been obsessed with dogs and horses. I think I was more obsessed with horses when I was little. I don't ride anymore because I get a lot of anxiety when I ride at public stables for some reason. I'm a bit embarrassed about my riding capabilities .

Quite recently I've taken up an obsession with rats. Oh how I love the rats. The US just lifted the ban on keeping African Pouched Rats as pets and I'm dying to get my hands on one. They're like rats but cat sized. *melts*

untill year 13:

Space and Universe(especially collecting all pictures and articles i could)
Lady Diana
Detective And Horror Movies and Books
Secret Code Language
Natural Mysteries
Reading Books(Especially Science Fiction)

from 14:

Academic Skill Development
Computer Games

from 19:

Asperger
Psychology of Emotions Feelings Disorders
Nonverbal Language and Face Reading
Music
Googling
Freinds and People

Child Development
Nutritional Studies and Recipes, Collecting

Literature: esp...
Classics & Prize Winning Fiction
Autobiography, Biography, Non-Fiction
Horticulture, Biology, Nature

Photography
Stained Glass work & Design
Fine Art Painting
Sculpture
Fine Pottery
Needlework & Design
Beading Loom work & Design
Glass Tile Mosaics

Dolls & Accessories, Collecting
Animation and Classic Children's Film and Literature
All Things Exquisite or Stunning in Art and Nature

Nursery:
Power Rangers, Tots TV

Primary:
Teletubbies, Pokemon, Digimon, Tamagotchis, Spice Girls, Oasis

Secondary:
the 70s, Life on Mars, music facts and figures, videogames, Waluigi

Now:
Manga, vintage football kits, writing, Iceland, Maggi!

jocundthelilac: are you from the UK? Just wondered, what with the Tots TV reference.

In ascending order of age..

Biology (my favourite book was my stepfather's biology textbook)
Genetics
Sickle cell anemia
Eyes
Ears (anatomy)
Cats
Heavy metal music
Death/mutilation/weird medical procedures like lobotomy
The X files
Stuff of my own that I was working on, some short novels

currently: java programing, dog training & my puppy, the twilight series

past: math, swimming, fish and aquariums, medical research, Christianity, snowboarding, reading

Are you doing clicker training with him?

yup. Its amazing how effective it is. I have never had such a well trained dog, and he is only 10 months old! If he sees me TOUCH his training bag, he starts doing every trick he knows until I am ready and start giving him commands. He loves it!

Yep

I used to be scared of the Central logo at the end of it... now I love it

Anime/Manga
Dutch and other types of european bicycles
Music and musical instruments.
American sub-cultures and their respective histories.
Hats, especially 1920-1930s style womens hats.
History (Post Civil War, pre-WWI social history)
Regulatory Policy (this is part of my job)
Libraries and Archives
Third Wave Feminism

I tend to juggle a few obsessions at a time. History though has not been one for a very long time.