Clothes do not matter when the mark of terror is visible on your skin. Race relations has always been a hot topic in America, but in recent years tensions have skyrocketed. It has become common knowledge to avoid the comments section of all articles—unless you want to be pulled into a keyboard brawl. Racial discussions […]
There is not a one-to-one relationship between effort and reward in this job, and this uncertainty, which graduate students often learn about by observing their PhD supervisors, is a turn-off, especially for women. On January 21, 2017, the first full day of the Trump administration, women will march on Washington in a demonstration of unity […]
Think of what would happen to the careers of women if, for just a year even, we consciously sought each other out. Like many other women, in the wake of this year’s election I find myself overwhelmed by both the coded and the blatant misogyny that we have witnessed in the last year. I am […]
Having an avowed sexual creeper as the president-elect makes me feel triggered over and over. Content Note: This essay discusses sexual assault, harassment, trauma and triggering language, as well as (in general terms) racism and other hate. America’s incipient regime has made me a survivor. I never used to define myself as a sexual assault […]
I don’t know what the next four years will bring, so I’m going to stop clinging to one perfect life plan. Like most of us, I couldn’t wait for 2016 to end. The presidential election cycle was deeply triggering in a way I’ve never experienced before, but I got myself through the latter half of […]
As America’s boys see Trump acting out, some will feel their own worst instincts validated. But for others, the idea of “being a man” might mean distancing themselves from his kind of behavior. It wasn’t supposed to turn out like this. We were said to be approaching the demise of a certain type of swaggering, […]
For most of us, this year can not end soon enough. But before we (happily) shut the door on 2016, let’s take a look back at the year’s most popular Role Reboot essays: 1. Dear Dana: I Can’t Stand That My Girlfriend Had A Threesome by Dana Norris 2. Does Your Daughter Know It’s OK […]
I’ve been doing diversity work for 10 years, and because I’m a woman, I felt that gave me a pass to make sweeping generalizations about diverse groups. I was so wrong. A few years back I landed at a Silicon Valley unicorn company. It was a new darling of the Midwest Tech employment boom. Known […]
