A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
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Absurd we still need to go through this
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That woman did so much damage in one meeting...
*grumbles; finds coffee*
And yes, I finally lost my temper and replied,”If I were, I would apply to med school. They make more money.”
"Alanis Morissette - Right Through You"
listen to the end.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oPrb_ZzAcg
Link here if you want to read it (and share your thoughts with her directly)
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rachellos_systematic-bullying-and-undermining-of-girls-activity-7298713884603875329-Oi4m?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAxPUPsBHMND4qFWGG1vS0PhE17METTVPps
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Those attitudes are incredibly damaging
I’m sad things haven’t improve there this century. Here is what I experienced at that Uni when I was an outside member on a faculty hiring committee in 2001. Uni isn’t named but it was Delft
https://earthsciencesociety.com/2013/04/24/women-in-science-careers-it-remains-difficult/
My experience was 1/4 century ago, so I’d say progress is less than snail’s pace
Rachel is a damn role model.
I hate it; it's why I've refused to get that version printed and bound.
I'd like to know where the heck that was when I was being abused to the point I developed cPTSD, when I put a formal complaint in and when my abuser *got promoted* just a few weeks later.
They've got to write these things more accurately. It's an "APPEARANCES of dignity and respect policy", at best.
I felt very vindicated in deciding to graduate in absentia once I'd seen those...
Algebra proofs killed my soul that loved math
I'm reading "Lessons in Chemistry" atm, thinking it would be a light, easy read. But it's a bit too triggering at times. Because this shit is still happening!
Very necessary, very understandable that few do it, and thus very important that we celebrate and guard those that do.
And speak up when we see it happen.
I realize I have my own anti-acknowledgements that I should've put in my PhD thesis.
required viewing for any cishet man who comes across this post
It's easy to not pay attention to these cases as they happen to other people. But it isn't just "over there", it's also the women we know personally. Angela Collier points out the Feynman books on her shelf, but we can now point to the Neil Gaimon book as well.
Mais uma do "sobrevivi, mas a quê custo".
Connect the damn dots.
Male nurses, black military officers, and female engineers often have oddly similar stories to tell.
Exacerbated by societal prejudices, ofc.
https://bsky.app/profile/sababausa.bsky.social/post/3kudopjdn3j2q
👆 This, so often!
When the same thing keeps happening, over and over, always w/ the same individual(s) involved, it's no longer minor or a one-time thing.
Even if you initially just talked to someone about it, you can summarize the discussion in an email to that person "for their reference". That can help in other ways, too.
https://bsky.app/profile/unroll.skywriter.blue/post/3lhp343zt3e2b
It took me such a long time to recognize that my tenth grade chemistry teacher was the problem, not me.
Academia is full of creeps.
Do better.
/Rachel IS a scientist.