1/I am getting so tired of the level of harm I experience & am told to endure in this industry.

There are 2 yt women who are refusing to pay what they legally owe HmntyCntrd after hiring us (2 women of color) to help their UX startup be more ethical & less harmful. The irony. 2/We even offered an extended payment plan to support them & help ease the financial burden. We're a small business too and believe in supporting one another.

But they said no and are refusing to pay what they legally owe us.

1/ I built @hmntycntrd because I wanted to connect with more people who were curious and hopeful about what's possible within the realm of design. I wanted to connect with other folks who had grown tired and numb to witnessing mainstream design thought leaders debate the ... 2/... same concepts, only to reinforce branded orthodoxies that, at best, lead to the constant repackaging of ideas into books, blogs, and articles and, at worst, a prideful competition for relevance.

1/Early today I tweeted about the lack of Don Norman's understanding of white supremacy & colonization, as reflected in an excerpt from his book. He slid into my DMs wanting to connect to learn more &...well...his patronizing arrogance supports my belief and then some. Receipts👇🏾 2/Don thinks that the expectation of a Black woman getting paid to help him learn in a “deeper, substantive way” via the emotional labor & expertise required to help him understand white supremacy and colonization in light of the book he’s writing … is funny or insulting🤔

(1/13) Has anyone else felt a little off since the beginning of September? Or more anxious, more tired, or more on edge? There's probably a reason for this👇🏾 (2/13) Earlier this week I was having a conversation with @ErinLThomasPhD & we were talking about how we both feel slightly off since we've entered the month of September. "I think it's because my body is remembering the trauma of September 2020," she said.

She's 100% right.

(1/7) The future of work is trauma-informed...remember this when you're wondering why corporations will continue to have a full-on talent crisis throughout the near future.

The peddling of the burnout/resilience talk track? It's not working.

A thread🧵👇🏾 (2/7) Offering your employees a week off/marketing about it despite research that shows that 1 week off doesn't address or heal burnout? It's not working.

I have time today, so I'll start here: I can tell this piece was written by a White man. While it may be true that what @jjg sees today horrifies him, the reality is that it's ALWAYS been horrifying to UXers from marginalized communities. A brief thread: fastcompany.com/90642462/i-hel… He shares how the question he hears from leaders is "Where did we go wrong?". Let's be clear on who these leaders are because I doubt that most UXers who aren't White, abled-bodied, cisgender etc are asking this question over and over again...as a Black woman, Im not asking this.

(1/8) Im healing & building a community at the same time. How am I focusing on scaling @hmntycntrd this year? Im not. Im focusing on how to provide better value, experiences, & content to folks, internal infrastructure/processes & making sure my team is able to thrive & breathe. (2/8) I want to build something that lasts & I’m okay doing it on a different timeline than what scarcity culture demands of us. I remind my team often that we’re people and purpose driven first.

I might lose some followers for this🧵but idgaf: Contrary to what your workplace is probably subconsciously teaching you & what your high school history classes failed to teach you, your belief that you are a good enough or nice enough person isnt going to #StopAsianHate 🤷🏾‍♀️ Your silence won’t #StopAsianHate either, more specifically, the silence between you & your Trump-supporting relatives wont #StopAsianHate. If you dont see the connection to 2020 Trump rhetoric to the hate crimes in Georgia, then this thread isnt for you. This 🧵 is for allies.

(1/4) Guess what? @SekaiFarai @albanvillamil and I are launching HmntyCntrd, an online course & community on 9/27 designed to help UXers do the personal work required to do our best professional work🔥👊🏾Registration opens 7/31, sign up to stay in the loop! bit.ly/stayintheloop_… (2/4) HmntyCntrd is hosted on a private, ad-free platform where UXers who desire to rise above the cliches and jargon of our industry can come together & grow in a supportive community. Read: this is not #designtwitter (yeah, we're excited about that too🥳)
👇🏾The 6 week course: