
thetheorygirlie.substack.com
October 15, 2026
17 min read
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Summary
When I arrived at Oxford, I experienced what many would call a cultural shock. Beyond the flamboyant parties and visible micro-aggressions of the gowned elite, my physics and math courses felt radically different than before. The lectures were significantly more impersonal; the professors were a bit hostile; the crowd was huge, and everyone had something to prove. This would have felt rather norma...