This is a big one, in which I share my sentiments on skin care. (Spoiler: for me, it is tenderness & self love, which is radical self care.) This is a hot conversation these days, & I'm enjoying watching it unfold. Here's what I've been enjoying in the conversation.
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I’ve mapped out my year’s tasks & intentions. My professional task? I will have all data collected & analyzed for my dissertation this year. I will make an effort not to clutter my time for graduate student work with other tasks & will stay focused on my dissertation. My professional intention This year, I intend to use my privilege & power to explicitly amplify the voices of others.
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It was Daily Kos that I saw first jump in and point out that what's happening here is not "lewd" conversation. Lewd conversation is talking about BJs with your friend on the bus; it's commenting on a person's ass to your friends. It's working blue. This conversation? This is a man explaining that he uses his position of power to get away with sexual harassment. This is a man saying, verbatim, what non-cisgender men have been describing in the workplace for ages.
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