career productivity, growth mindset, antiperfectionism, body liberation, justice. @BoldAdulting. they/she. #NotMeUs#BlackLivesMatter. former scientist/scicomm
I changed my first name a decade ago when I was in college. It took money, time, effort, and emotional energy, but/and I am so so glad I did. It is amazing being called the name that fits me & not being called the one that doesnโt.
Cis people when I tell them my name, "oh wow I love that, I wish I could have a cool name like that."
You literally can, you can just change your name, you don't have to be trans.
@emillyorr @AceOnFire77 @AnaMardoll Volunteering at and getting books at the monthly library book sales was a HUGE part of my childhood/teen life. Thanks @SDPublicLibrary
@mbbarnyard@mekkalekkah I donโt think people generally use gendered terms in this context anyway. Do you say โHey, she, where is the dressing room?โ
@JoyceCarolOates โI had to call my doctor about my chronic inability to understand that the singular they has been in use in English since the 1300s.โ
โOh, what did they say?โ
@BreatheNewWinds I worked briefly as a grocery bagger.
My back started hurting almost immediately & the job took skill, in terms of efficiency & dealing with people.
Itโs also my only job where I experienced (mild) sexual harassment.
I just wrote a @IfNotNowOrg letter: Jews Against the Blank Check: Tell your Representative to Sign Rep. McCollumโs Palestinian Children and Families Act. Write one here: https://t.co/RO5CYodh7m
@ShiraDest Thank you! I came to Twitter today to ask you for this link. (The month has raced by since you told me about this post โ my to do list has been sooo long.) Look forward to reading.
Thanks to working at a college, I was early-ish to being able to get a #covidvaccine. I feel super grateful. As of today, I have my second shot! https://t.co/gkgJxkBmWM
Itโs unfortunate Mr. Bezos wonโt join our hearing. While heโs become $78 billion richer during the pandemic, families are struggling to survive, so why is he spending a whole lot of money to stop workers from organizing a union at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama?
@marwilliamson It is just a bit less dystopian than the "Brave girl sells cookies so that mom can get brain surgery" headline. The difference here is that Biden has a responsibility, but in both cases it tries to frame something horrific in a feel-good tone to normalize what is horrific.
Smearing Tara into silence wonโt prove anything. Red flags arenโt enough to say โcase closedโ w/o investigation, Which Tara never got, she got a lot of pro-Biden media jabbing at her to defend their potential prez, even after having written about his creepy behavior in the past