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    21 Sep 2017

    Every day next few days I'll share one / insight from my own experience. If it helps anyone a wee bit, it'll be worth it.

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    May 13

    As some of you know, I am building QueerBeat, a journalism project focused on covering LGBTQIA+ persons in India. I am conducting a survey to understand what you think about the current coverage of LGBTQIA+ persons in media. It will take just 3 mins.

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  3. 12 hours ago

    Bigotry IS NOT a mental illness.

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  4. 14 hours ago

    Fantastic 🧵. Really, once you see this way of conceptualizing disability, you can't unsee it. Also explains why designing environments that are disability-friendly means designing environments that are friendly for everyone.

    the disability not in the person but in the environment. So a blind person may have an impairment with their eyesight, but that is not the cause of their disability. They are disabled bcoz society has created an environment which prevents then from fully participating..+/
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    May 14

    If I was paid for every time I narrated my story as a Transgender Person I would have become a millionaire by now. The labour by queer community needs to be respected and compensated. Aapki Taaliyo ka hum kya kare Hum aapse achhi baja lete hai

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  6. 19 hours ago

    Same story, except only one listener, and we went on to share some really meaningful correspondence afterwards :)

    I don't know how many of you've had this experience. A scheduled talk I was supposed to give had exactly two people listening. We agreed to adjourn to a small room, where I ditched the slides, and I had the most engaging discussion with two of the most interested participants.
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    May 14

    Maybe you're not tired; maybe you're just spending too much energy formulating opinions on everything. Give yourself permission not to worry about the whole world.

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    May 14

    So why does the disabled community insist on being called 'disabled persons' and reject all alternative terminologies? Short thread. This is not just about language, but is more fundamental than that. It goes into how you conceptualize & understand disability. Intrigued?...

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    May 14

    Dear Dean/Director Same goes for ! Can't hire one on-campus psychologist and pat yourself on the back for all eternity. Need to educate all PIs, Deans of stuff and managers about .

    Dear CEO, You can't outsource employee mental health to a shrink and pretend you have nothing to do with it. Instead of jumping to hire an office therapist for *EMPLOYEE MENTAL HEALTH*, first hire a therapist to train *YOU AND EVERY MANAGER* on what mental health really means.
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  10. May 14

    Dear CEO, You can't outsource employee mental health to a shrink and pretend you have nothing to do with it. Instead of jumping to hire an office therapist for *EMPLOYEE MENTAL HEALTH*, first hire a therapist to train *YOU AND EVERY MANAGER* on what mental health really means.

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  11. May 13

    It's , so here's the story of my mother, the nurse with magic hands. Patients who got injections from her would say, "Didi, ektuo laaglo na!" ("Didi, it didn't hurt at all!") What hurt her? Delivering bad news, and a system that often can't save those who save us.

    Our family quietly thanked god when my parents retired. For decades we lived with an unspoken terror. That they may not come back from work. My father worked in a steel plant. Under his feet was coal burning at over 1,000°. My mother? She was a nurse. Thread. 1/n
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  12. May 13

    I'm never sure if bosses include themselves when they say "employees must come back to the office", "look, we are even offering nap pods for employees", "employees need to stop ghosting us", etc. I mean last I checked, everyone who's not the owner of a company is an employee?

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  13. May 12

    All solemn-sounding goals aside, perhaps this is also just a chance for me to prove to myself that I can do this. "Dream again," like my therapist keeps reminding me, when I find it hard to summon belief. Which is far too often. May Sanity be with us.

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  14. May 12

    And no - this fellowship doesn't mean Sanity will hibernate. I'm already working on an exciting plan that will once again involve *you*. If you are a subscriber, you'll hear from me soon. If not - please become one? +

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  15. May 12

    And the reason for my belief is *you*. I didn't set out to work in mental health. I definitely didn't set out to become an 'entrepreneur'. But here I am, because you helped me believe. I still need a lot of help from you to keep Sanity alive.+

    The meme is old. The appeal to support 100% reader-funded mental health journalism is still relevant. Get a paid subscription: -- Donate any amount from India: -- Donate from elsewhere: 🙏🏿
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  16. May 12

    Sanity is small. The challenges it wants to take on are big. The global mental health conversation remains badly broken. Dominated by a handful of rich western countries. And besotted with the biomedical model. I believe in the idea Sanity represents more than ever. +

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  17. May 12

    This fellowship is me admitting that I am ready to accept help. I need time and space to take a step back from survival mode, breathe, and get clarity. I need the company and wisdom of fellow journalists and creators pursuing daunting ideas to imagine what is truly possible. +

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  18. May 12

    The 'creator economy', propped up by the much hyped newsletter boom, wasn't built for us in the global south. Here everything from onboarding subscribers to collecting payments is a giant trapeze act. I have learnt a ridiculous amount in the past 16 months, but it's drained me.+

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  19. May 12

    As a solo creator building something totally new, I don't have any playbook to go by or colleagues to draw energy from. I've been in constant, exhausting operation mode for the past 16 months, managing everything from writing and design to social media to failed subscriptions. +

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  20. May 12

    While building Sanity with all of you has been an amazing honour, the hardest part comes now. We have to make Sanity financially sustainable while staying true to its core values. At the moment, we are still far from this goal. +

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  21. May 12

    Parents saying they learnt to connect with their children's struggles because of Sanity. Strangers saying Sanity helped them feel less lonely. Donors quietly sending SoS funds amd expecting nothing in return. This validation has been overwhelming. 'Thank you' feels too puny.+

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