tl;dr: Yes but. Big sigh. It seems like every day there’s more bad news coming out of the US. This country has not been made great over the last four years. If anything, the opposite is happening. 🙁 We could rant for days on social issues, but in the […]
Continue reading...Not done yet: More on microaggressions
Did you catch our post from Friday? You’ll need to read that one to understand today’s. The “woman in the hallway” story from Friday is an example of a microaggression because of the assumptions made about the woman. An interesting question for you to ask yourself: Did you assume that it was a White woman […]
Continue reading...Is this change for real this time?
There’s a criticism going around social media directed at these suddenly woke white folks accusing them of only NOW recognizing that Blacks and other non-white minorities have been dealing with racism since forever. Because suddenly it’s trendy or cool to be all #BLM, but it’s not legit. It’s just because other people are doing it […]
Continue reading...Are you ready to change the world?
The world needs you. Maybe it needs you to become a consultant. That’s still a totally viable career path for you and we’re not trying to convince you that getting an MBA to go do that is a bad idea or that it’s somehow morally wrong to continue working to make that happen. But, at […]
Continue reading...What needs to change for diversity and inclusion and a just society?
White people. White people need to change. This post is late. It should have gone up yesterday, or last week — or last year, or every day over the last century. The protests are for a reason. This has to stop. White people have to stop killing black people and brown people. The way this […]
Continue reading...($) Heads up international students and prospects…
This is not established policy yet but, it’s not looking good. Remember how we were talking about the STEM option a few months ago? (The STEM program allows for a longer term for the automatic post-graduation H1-B work visa, to let you stay in the U.S. for up to three years.) Well darn it, there […]
Continue reading...Just assume that everyone you meet has it. And your #1 task is to not get it.
A rare weekend post from EssaySnark with some advice which you hopefully don’t need to hear, because you’re already living this way. But we know that many people are not yet living this way. And it’s truly important that everyone start living this way. Pretend that your life is a video game. Your goal in […]
Continue reading...How to deal with anxiety
Maybe you’re not feeling anxiety. Maybe you’re just feeling numb. Or maybe you’re not in touch with your feelings at all. If you don’t feel like crap, then that could be because you’re dissociated. Dissociating is a very common reaction to stress. It’s a survival mechanism that puts us in self-preservation mode, so we don’t […]
Continue reading...Why does this feel so fucking awful?
Perhaps the most difficult aspect of our current experience is that NOBODY KNOWS WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. We’re all waiting for it to happen. But most of us haven’t seen it happen yet. Maybe only one or two of you have literally had experience with the virus so far — but it’s possible that nobody […]
Continue reading...What is likely to happen in America over the next two quarters
WARNING We’re covering coronavirus predictions today and possible impact to society. If you are feeling fragile, if you’re not sure you can handle all the uncertainty — which is a legit reaction!! — then please skip today’s post. We’re going to talk about some possibilities for our future that may trigger anxiety. We believe […]
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