Thread by @sbrietz

I stand in righteous fury beside fellow women in science in filing a lawsuit against Dartmouth. We want our voices to be heard. We demand to be taken seriously. We demand change. Thread (1/10)
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I have chosen to file a lawsuit against Dartmouth College because this institution has sheltered serial predators for years. It has not been held accountable for generations of women who have left psychologically damaged and professionally harmed. (2/10)

I came to Dartmouth to grow as a scientist. Not to be eye candy for middle-aged men. Not to be sexualized & constantly made aware of my gender. Not to leave more broken than I came. I expected the institution to care about my wellbeing, not place me in a known lion's den. (3/10)

Every day felt like a choice between advancing my career and carrying myself with integrity. By March my first year, I could no longer stomach the exploitation. So I rose up with 15 current and former grad students to speak truth to power. (4/10)

My experience is one link in a long chain of abuse. Many affected have questioned their worth to science. Many have questioned their worth as human beings. Many have been close to giving up. It is heartbreaking. (5/10)

3 professors resigned or were allowed to retire. They did not act in isolation. They earned a sense of untouchability from a system that rewarded them for their entitled behavior through tenure and endowed chairs. (6/10)

This system muffled women's voices of objection, discouraged them from reporting their experiences, & simultaneously promoted their abusers. I've seen scientists raise arms about the treatment of Dr. Ford. Well, it has been happening in your own backyard. (7/10)

Universities need to protect people, not institutional reputation. Universities need to support victims, not do damage control. Universities need to be concerned about lost talent, not lost endowment. (8/10)

Our generation of scientists WILL turn this on its head. It keeps me up at night to consider how many discoveries could have been made if women were not systematically driven out. We will NOT let this happen to future women. Science will progress because we will progress. (9/10)

I fear my idealism may be the end of my career. I am a 2nd-year graduate student who will need to continue showing up at Dartmouth to carry out the work I love with a new advisor I love working with. But, I will never give up this fight and I will live with no regrets ✌️ (10/10)