Despite declining to lodge an official complaint, here I am, seven years later, still being ghosted (and gaslighted).

#PhD #ActuallyAutistic #DisabledInSTEM #Academia #PowerImbalance #Privilege

https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-students-who-complain-about-supervisors-never-hear-outcome

#privilege : special enjoyment of a good, or exemption from an evil or burden

- French: privilège

- German: das Privileg

- Italian: privilegio

- Portuguese: privilégio

- Spanish: privilegio

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I have a work social media persona. My "worksona". It's who I represent as on LinkedIn and also on here.

I also have an authentic social media persona. It's another account on another server under an alias. An anonymous alias.

Why does this discrepancy exist? Because I talk about lived experiences, values, and positions on my second account that are stigmatized by society. Mental health. Neurodivergence. Gender. #FuckTheSystem.

My "worksona" is not me. It's a construct I shaped to maximize my chances by allowing me to harness conditional privilege: mainly that I'm _read_ as a white assumed cisgender, neurotypical, heterosexual, able-bodied man. But it's a mask. It means I'm keenly aware of the discrepancy in privilege that is granted based on how one is perceived.

I've been slowly incorporating more authenticity into my "worksona" but the sad truth is that there's still a wide chasm between who I really am around the people I trust and who I am in a professional context. There is literally only a single person who knows the full me and also knows me in real life. Everyone else gets a filtered version. Why? Stigma. Stigma that's assigned to layers of my identity I have no control over.

This is what privilege is about. Chances are that if your "public persona" aligns closely with your authentic self that you benefit from a whole lot of privilege (or that you're a #neuroqueer rebel; I see you and applaud you). And to the white men in my followers: this is what people talk about when they say you have privilege. The insidious truth is that it's _invisible_ to you because you probably don't know anything else. But there are many people around you who just _pretend_ to look and act like you.

I am one of the people who pretend.

Before you call for a “general strike”, read this article, and think about whether you’re speaking from solidarity, or privilege.

“Unlike real strikes, which take a ton of work, calling a general strike is apparently a simple affair. A date is picked, a Facebook post is created, the labor liberal press picks it up, and a general strike is born. This raises the question of under whose authority they are being called.”

#unions #solidarity #generalStrike #privilege

“No More Fake Strikes”

https://organizing.work/2019/08/no-more-fake-strikes/

@magicalgirlsabrina @pixelcode then you are still #privilege|d enough to believe you ain't of interest.

• Which is a false assumption and not how a surveillance state works, as having comromitting info for blackmail and threats is part if the problem!

So trust noone and completely yank any corporate #AntisociaMedia...

• Using #NSAbook & #Shitter in 2025 is like being a #Stasi IM: Something that should bar one from political office!

#Privilege

Daddy saves the day.

White 17-year-old looking for clout on social media driving 241 km/h (151 mph in 55mph zone) kills six black people.

According to the judge, each life is worth less than two years.

Y’all who know me understand how furious this makes me.

Where is the #justice? Where is the #accoutability?

May the victims’ families sue Daddy into #Poverty and learn what it feels like not to have that unearned privilege.

https://lawandcrime.com/crime/they-do-not-object-to-this-florida-teen-known-for-high-speed-tiktok-videos-who-killed-6-people-while-driving-151-mph-in-bmw-will-serve-2-years-for-each-death/amp/

Here's the thing about boycotting a business that a lot of folks seem to gloss over - the flexibility to boycott is often rooted in #privilege. Wal-Mart, Target, Kroger, sometimes these are the only ways people are able to afford food, clothes, Christmas gifts, etc.

Maybe it's just been my personal experience but the "Don't shop at Amazon" crowd seem to be the most ignorant about the #classism inherent in their blanket statements. I've had money be tight enough where a couple of bucks in price makes a big difference and Amazon was my cheapest option.

I remember when the zergling was in diapers, Amazon was the cheapest available option for us and when I was laid off and had no safety net, $8 out of my unemployment check made a big difference. I could get 5 or 6 boxes of spaghetti with that $8 at that time.

Bear in mind that time == money too and sometimes even if it's a break-even to shop locally, a person doesn't have the privilege of available time to be able to get to a certain store and buy locally and their only option is to buy from a place like Amazon online or a local Wal-Mart.

Now to be clear, I'm not saying there's no point in a #boycott, far from it in fact. What I *am* saying is it's important to understand the privilege inherent in being able to do so. When you can afford to do so, letting your wallet do the talking is great. That's a choice only you get to make for yourself though. You don't know how much money someone else has, or how much time they have to shop around and trying to shame them only makes you look bad. It takes what was a moral stance and turns it into masturbatory, performative BS.

I know your heart is in the right place and you're passionate, but don't let that blind you to the fact that who deserves attacks are the monopolized companies like Amazon, not the people who have too little time or money to be able to shop other options.