@BaeBielle@timnitGebru I teach people on personal branding BUT I advise them that:
they should be known for
their ethics
their adherence to standards
their consistent, reliable behavior
to ensure trust
“optics” only is how you *harm* trust in fact = fake vs authentic/real
@BaeBielle@timnitGebru What that does is promote the rise of this type of a physician who, as this video describes, starts their social media “medical” profile before being a doctor
👍 for med student advocacy
But are these best practices in #SciComm or entertainment?
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I mean, before the pandemic, at a fancy schmancy MBA event in NYC, I literally put two cider donuts, wrapped in napkins, in my purse. After you have subsisted on a steady diet of hospital saltines, peanut butter, & graham crackers, one becomes shameless.
Also: child of immigrants
I am ALL for 1st amendment. Am anti-policing. Am anti-censorship.
Those of us in #SciComm can hold our OWN selves to higher standards than I see on #MedTwitter now. Vet. Verify. Be factual. Don’t do “left” vs “right.”
We cannot control what others post or do with our own posts to mislabel or misuse, unfortunately. We can reduce the “gotcha” aspects w/ passing things thru several gates. For me, having worked in the ED, been a public official, served as an expert witness, have automatic filters.
Deleting is NO protection. There is legal precedent “cleaning up” social media can lead to more questions.
It has been screenshotted. The “blocked!” or “deleted!” is used for innuendo.
Long thread on compliance & legal aspects of #SciComm for licensed professionals.
Today I feel calm & resolute because I had been waiting for this. Back in 2016, given what I had been seeing in the run up to the election and nasty campaign language inciting hatefulness, was having an uptick in anxiety. Plus this: masslive.com/boston/2020/01…
NOW others see it too.
When that news broke of SCHOOLS sharing information with authorities to ARREST CHILDREN
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my most recent conversation in the hospital in my last shift, a nurse had made remarks about race & who commits violence
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I got a massive migraine & nausea. themuse.com/advice/structu…
My revulsion/aversion to stepping foot into work was
-fear of complicity
-inability to protect my patients or other staff from harm
-risks to my career
“Warnock will be the first Black senator from Georgia and, as the New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie pointed out on Twitter, only the second Black senator elected from the South since Reconstruction.”
Darn it. Why do I live in overcivilized quiet Boston & not still in #NewYorkCity? Right now everybody would be on the rooftops banging pots & pans, blaring music, waving at neighbors they don’t know. Miss this.
It’s taken me years, but am finally learning how to not get sucked into imbalanced situations. Much of life was a “pleaser”, then a service profession surrounded by anxious parents. Yes, my work has often been on caring for vulnerable, voiceless, abused. Now I focus on systems.
I’ve always had a range of friendships, balanced and not so much. Often, I (am made to) feel like I have excessive privilege compared to someone else who had experienced various types of abuse and harm - tho, in fact tending to others can be a way to avoid processing own stuff.
I am not here to fix anyone else. We can support each other to find own way. When you become direct, especially in female friendships, may become more of an introvert 😂
I find women, often are so depleted & traumatized they want “safe spaces” and validation.