Couch 230: Decent Communications

atisketatasket · Jul 31, 2021 at 09:36 AM

Note to self, for like the 165th time: do not try to have emotional conversations with your mother.

Between my chair's outing me and my mother, I'd actually ask Info for a session before our next one (I scheduled it after my return so it could be in-person) so I can rant and get stuff away from me, but she's on vacation.

Quietmind 2 · Jul 31, 2021 at 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Note to self, for like the 165th time: do not try to have emotional conversations with your mother.

Between my chair's outing me and my mother, I'd actually ask Info for a session before our next one (I scheduled it after my return so it could be in-person) so I can rant and get stuff away from me, but she's on vacation.

Hugs if wanted. Rant away here if it could help?

atisketatasket · Jul 31, 2021 at 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Quietmind 2

Hugs if wanted. Rant away here if it could help?

Thanks, but I don’t want to inflict myself on you guys—things can get pretty ugly when i rant. Better to pay Info to hear it. That way she can afford more vacations.

To add to my mood, I’ve also just had confirmed what I long suspected: that I’d been rejected for at least one tenure-track academic position because of my disability. I’m sure there were others.

It was so long ago that it doesn’t really matter now that I’m settled, but I have to say, everyone talks about the problems of being a woman in academia, yet even as a woman I’ve had far more trouble as someone with a disability.

Quietmind 2 · Aug 01, 2021 at 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by atisketatasket

Thanks, but I don’t want to inflict myself on you guys—things can get pretty ugly when i rant. Better to pay Info to hear it. That way she can afford more vacations.

To add to my mood, I’ve also just had confirmed what I long suspected: that I’d been rejected for at least one tenure-track academic position because of my disability. I’m sure there were others.

It was so long ago that it doesn’t really matter now that I’m settled, but I have to say, everyone talks about the problems of being a woman in academia, yet even as a woman I’ve had far more trouble as someone with a disability.

Hugs. It is so messed up that you're being discriminated against.

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atisketatasket Child of a lesser god Member Since Jun 2015 Location: Tartarus Posts: 19,169 (SuperPoster!) 8 12.4k hugs given	Jul 31, 2021 at 09:36 AM #1 Note to self, for like the 165th time: do not try to have emotional conversations with your mother. Between my chair's outing me and my mother, I'd actually ask Info for a session before our next one (I scheduled it after my return so it could be in-person) so I can rant and get stuff away from me, but she's on vacation.