Women in Neuroscience: 2 great advice "stop taking It personally" and "don't wait for "the right moment" #sfn16
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Replying to @maradierssen
@c_perrodin because pragmatics absent, I assume, the first sounds dismissive. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of context though!2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
I interpret(1)as "don't take it personally that we live in societies steeped in/ driven by implicit bias"
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me too, but also don't. We didn't create this, but I sure as hell will be the first to burn it.
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Replying to @o_guest
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@andrea_e_martin@maradierssen@c_perrodin I didn't emigrate to UK just to be a touch more respected. I could've fought for that at home.
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i'm sure you emigrated to learn to reflexblurt "sorry! erm, thank you!" when someone steps on your foot.
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haha it was so hard when I first came here. I dunno why ppl think UK ppl are polite. Got spat at.
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yeah actually it is pretty brutal. i got pushed off my bike in a racist attack in edinburgh
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exactly and *offers hugs* and "fuck sorry to hear".
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not so bad and hey tons of way worse fucked up shit happens to everyone all the time so, yeah, go world.
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all microagressions add up sadly... Pushed off bike is NOT micro in the SLIGHTEST either way ofc!
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i actually find the microagressions harder to cope with because fewer ppl naturally get them.
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Replying to @andrea_e_martin @o_guest and
by "get them" i mean understand someone else's experience
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yeah totes
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