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Sep 3, 2018 • 18 tweets • 15 min read
#WomeninSTEM get a lot of “Reply Guys” who repeat the same unhelpful comments.
@shrewshrew and I (a woman & a man in science) have attempted to catalog those replies, to save us all the trouble of writing new responses every time.
presenting THE NINE TYPES OF REPLY GUYS
(1/n)
We will post one Reply Guy a day, and we welcome your thoughts and feedback.
Starting with a very nice fella, full of helpful advice, with one big problem:
Reply Guy #1. THE LIFE COACH
Aug 31, 2018 • 4 tweets • 7 min read
@lloydon@DrAilshire@McLNeuro@docfreeride@DoctorZen@mbeisen Don, you are prioritizing the IMAGINARY prof who was fired based on an unsubstantiated rumor [go find an actual example] over REAL people who are being tormented and intimidated every day. Nobody wants innocent people punished but we are so far to the other extreme it’s insane.
@lloydon@DrAilshire@McLNeuro@docfreeride@DoctorZen@mbeisen Who are these innocent professors whose careers were ruined based on a rumor? Please name them. Which profs were thrown out too quickly? I can only find examples of sloooow justice, and much more frequently, no justice at all. But whistleblowers are routinely retaliated against.
Aug 29, 2018 • 17 tweets • 4 min read
Since I just shared these tips with the incoming @umpibs PhD class, I might as well post them here too:
HOW TO WIN AT RESEARCH ROTATIONS [a thread] 🔬💪
#1 (of 12): Get out of your comfort zone.
You're getting paid to try new things this year, so try new things! Jump into a research area you don't know much about. Even if you end up not joining that lab, you will learn a TON, make new connections and maybe spark future collabs.
