Thread by @usnehal

Hear, hear

As a confident WOC willing to enter male dominated, non-diverse spaces (women >20% of my class & rare in tech)

I hear from men and women:
I take up too much space, I talk too much, etc, etc.

If invited 6x to podcasts in 2019, is that "too much"?
Who decides?

https://twitter.com/DrvanTilburg/status/1316390019578368001

In the marketplace of ideas, lack of women o BIPOC in a space, what is the metric of too much/little? A recent thread on leadership coaching specific to #WIM: importance of having manners if one wants a seat at the table

How about results as the metric?
nehalgroup.com/news

I'm successful as an advocate, having been a Health Advocate of the Year in 2012 by @Drsforamerica in 2012. Part of being an advocate is bringing issues to the forefront that may not be the priority of decision makers. One communicates on it (albeit, at times, relentlessly)

Let's normalize women who "talk too much" - because what is too much anyhow? Shouldn't we be past this by now? Of note, Mary Dyer was not hanged on the Commons, some say as she was a "high status" woman. She also likely got to say more before silenced.

au.org/blogs/wall-of-…

When you see a woman interrupting, she is signaling she feels comfortable treating men as they treat her or each other. That is a "high status" thing to do..plus, she may actually create a space for the introverts being talked over.

slate.com/human-interest…

Going back to "manners" before one allowed a seat at the table (while those already at the table did not undergo the same subjective gatekeeping?)

Hmm..but isn't interrupting rude?

So if only non-interrupting women are allowed at the table, she is there but...spoken over?

Does anyone else see how circular this is to maintain the status quo?

I mean, the Salem Witch Trials were led by young women. It is not that women haven't had power...but often over women who are out of line, at the margins, or not mainstream. history.com/news/notable-w…

This is playing out now
Who is a "good woman"?

We are seeing woman vs woman
A woman proposed to replace a woman

Whose daughters should or should not exist?

Should we simply say "hire a woman" and count equity metrics? Or is it more complex than that?

npr.org/2020/10/06/920…

Also, the less we police behaviors or measure only "woman in seat", the more we focus on outcomes, we can create space for the neurodiverse. As a pediatrician who has published curricula and research on those with disabilities, I can say, it matters.

https://twitter.com/DrvanTilburg/status/1316355829189283842?s=20

Do we or don't we support #diversity including #neurodiversity? Do we or don't we support #mentalhealth for all? If people must neatly fit into boxes drawn in the past, who are we denying entry to and why? #AcademicChatter #academictwitter #Medtwitter

massivesci.com/articles/diver…

When the #communityhealth #pediatrician and #refugee #advocate

who relentlessly persevered and “nevertheless she persisted”

thru 100 edits to get #MedEd #curriculum published to democratize knowledge

comes to #technology space & @MIT

watch out

#MedTwitter #AcademicTwitter

https://twitter.com/usnehal/status/1307851096468131846

Me racing to my goals in my one year program, already one third over (actually this train looks awfully slow 😂😂😂).

Btw, please tune in for this happening this weekend at @MIT

@MITHackRacism has overlaps with @mithackmed @MITvsCOVID19 and each initiative informs the other both by being in the same ecosystem and by having common sponsors and organizing team members

hackingracism.mit.edu

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