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zetsubonna:

As a person with a liberal arts degree who basically has never worked in the field for which she studied, I submit to you that Patty Tolan could potentially hold at the very least a Bachelor’s in American History.

Statistically, Black women are the most educated, degree-holding group in America, and STEM degrees are not the only ones that matter.

She could also potentially be an autodidact, but there’s no reason she has to be.

STEM degrees are not the only ones that matter. Those of us with advanced degrees who are underemployed know this. Hell, several STEM degree holders are also underemployed.

Picture Patricia Tolan’s Master thesis on the history of capital punishment in New York being how she identified that ghost in the subway and tell me that isn’t fucking awesome.

She might also have an MA as an architecture historian, which is how she knows so much about specific buildings and their histories

ok but

architecture historian patty tolan predicting the kind of specters that might show up based on the age of the building

architecture historian patty predicting where most ghost activity will be based on which areas are undergoing extreme gentrification, all that ‘renovating’ stirs up a lot of angry ghost energy

patty knowing the escape routes because she’s familiar with the style of architecture and can get everyone out if the ghost gets too hostile

patty being really concerned over the amount of damage their equipment can do to historic structures (and holtz tinkering with it to make them do less damage in the physical world and more to ghosts because she cares about her gf)

patty geeking out when one of the more destructive technologies reveals the original facade of a cool building behind a soulless modern cover

patty being able to calm ghosts down by showing homeowners and renters and landlords what updates to the structure probably got the ghost mad and advising them to get rid of it because its not in the right style anyways

patty going to the archives and doing initial research of a ghost because the archives are cool and its nice to have her hands on original source material again, amazing to be actually using her degree, even if its for something weird and a little scary