The Other Bennett Sister reminded me of my own self-consciousness – and worry that girls still have to play down their cleverness The Other Bennett Sister reminded me of my own self-consciousness – and worry that girls still have to play down their cleverness T o be a clever, bookish teenage girl is to spend a certain amount of time standing on the sidelines, feeling invisible to boys. When I was at school, there seemed to be a natural division: you could be smart or pretty, but you could not