Miscellany
Jun. 29th, 2011 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meaghansketchStarted training for a half-marathon in October. Following a new training plan which is 6 days/week, which doesn't seem like a lot more than 5 days/week, but which in reality means half the rest days. Doing OK so far except for being tired all the time.
SOO Tired of all the casual sexism/ablism/fatphobia etc. at my workplace. Everyone raves about how 'cool' and 'chill' and 'relaxed' the place is, and how it's so great how you don't have to be policing what you say all the time or anything like that. Yeah, that's great unless you are a marginalized person in any way. Lately a couple of my coworkers have been dealing with a person who is rather gender-ambiguous and keep trying to guess/figure out the person's gender (on a strict binary, of course). I come in to hear things like, "guys! Guys! I think ____ is a girl!". Ugh. Not to mention any time a woman who doesn't work for us is mentioned (pop culture conversations, etc) the conversation is all about how attractive or unattractive she is. Because that's apparently what's important.
Reading! Closing in on "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever". 2 stories to go.
Making a website for my friend. I always underestimate the tension that this causes! I have a very particular sense of design, and other people often have... different... ideas.
SOO Tired of all the casual sexism/ablism/fatphobia etc. at my workplace. Everyone raves about how 'cool' and 'chill' and 'relaxed' the place is, and how it's so great how you don't have to be policing what you say all the time or anything like that. Yeah, that's great unless you are a marginalized person in any way. Lately a couple of my coworkers have been dealing with a person who is rather gender-ambiguous and keep trying to guess/figure out the person's gender (on a strict binary, of course). I come in to hear things like, "guys! Guys! I think ____ is a girl!". Ugh. Not to mention any time a woman who doesn't work for us is mentioned (pop culture conversations, etc) the conversation is all about how attractive or unattractive she is. Because that's apparently what's important.
Reading! Closing in on "Her Smoke Rose Up Forever". 2 stories to go.
Making a website for my friend. I always underestimate the tension that this causes! I have a very particular sense of design, and other people often have... different... ideas.
