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In the Navy – Tales of Misogyny
A guy at work asked me today why this one other coworker was shadowing me today. It was not unusual that I was training someone. What was unusual was the who.
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Ready or Not – Don’t Come to a Battle of Wits Unarmed
Some people think that if they raise their voice at me, I’m going to bend to their will. They mistake my calm demeanor as an opportunity to beat me with volume. The human capacity for burden is like bamboo – far more flexible than you’d ever believe at first glance. -Jodi Picoult
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Haters Gonna Hate
I knew this day would come, it is official. The woman I thought of as a friend at work is jealous to the point that she has begun to distance herself from me. It was inevitable. All interpersonal relationships with women of my acquaintance eventually end.
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I Will Not Dumb Myself Down
On refusing to let anyone - my mother, the ex, anyone - treat me like I don't know my own mind. A zero-tolerance policy.
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Deja Vu Drama – Double Down on Your Disappointment
I am having deja vu. The last week or so, my friend Jem, who is also a work colleague, has been acting distant and dismissive at work. I thought it was me, and that I was perhaps having a hypercritical moment, but time passed and it has not gotten better. Something similar has happened before and ain’t nobody got time to go through that again…