On the same day, I received a notification that the Provost approved my promotion to Full Professor and an invitation to give a talk on how I’m being denied opportunities in academia as a BIPOC woman.
I’ve been studying my appearance in the mirror ever since. I’m one of the two women invited and, Lord have mercy on my sins, I looked up the other woman’s photo. She does look more BIPOC than me. Everybody does, of course, but I’m still very confused.
How do I respond without getting myself onto any lists of moral reprobates?
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Congratulations!
How do I respond without getting myself onto any lists of moral reprobates?
“I’m busy.”
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Become a trans man. Problem solved.
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Man, I hope it’s not too late to come out as male.
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Congratulations on your appointment to Full Professor. With regards to colour, is pink a politically correct colour?
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congratulations!
There were some efforts aimed at officially recognizing Slavic people as some sort of a discriminated minority… Somewhere in Oregon or Washington… Somehow it all got confused with “people from the former USSR”… But you still fit.
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For the first time in academia I’m having an impostor syndrome.
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Hearty Congratulations! I wish I could take a class from you!
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Aren’t you a “Brilliant Intelligent Professional Optimistic Clever” woman?
You look pretty BIPOC to me!
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Oh, that’s so sweet! Thank you!
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Congratulations and yes, there are so many ironies in the current situation of everything.
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As they say ‘over the pond’: you’re in a pickle! Still, well done!
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