While I’m loving @nparmalee, I thought I’d repost a short series of tweets where she asks a really good question, and one that I don’t have an answer to.
There’s a lot of talk re: women in science and accepting alternate timelines, & I think this is great. I am very anachronistic.
That reqs explanation in acad interviews. The explanation is family. Saying that enters fam into career disc, which I would prefer not 2 do
Were I to say ‘I had another career’ (which I did) it wld imply lack of focus, which was never true.
Bringing up fam can suggest I want special consideration, which I don’t. So if anyone really smart out there has suggestions for navigating
I’d be really curious to hear them.
Readers?