tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post2906468194869712350..comments2024-03-28T08:16:02.178-04:00Comments on Eco-Evo Evo-Eco: New Profs in the Age of COVID19 - @swannegordonBen Hallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17875404974157070805noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post-67132132473893234162020-05-29T11:27:45.696-04:002020-05-29T11:27:45.696-04:00That is an amazing response Andres. Incredible. Sw...That is an amazing response Andres. Incredible. Swanne's post has moved me in ways I had forgotten possible - as has your responseAndrew Hendryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653724437118653645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post-47004722532492621182020-05-29T00:14:54.720-04:002020-05-29T00:14:54.720-04:00This post brought me to tears: tears of pride and ...This post brought me to tears: tears of pride and tears of guilt. I have lived with Swanne for so long and yet her post still taught me how heavy and omnipresent the weight of her emotional load is. I have lived and worked with her for 12 years, and seen all her experiences of discrimination, bias, and harassment; all the barriers that they have put in front of her. And through all that, I mainly stood by. I mostly stood silent. I cowered and wished for it to go away or get better. I pretended she could sweep things under the carpet, stand up, and move on, and prioritized protecting my anxiety for difficult conversations over listening meaningfully. Swanne, I am sorry for negating your experience. I am sorry for wanting to show myself as a supportive husband and colleague in social media and safe spaces, for thinking that I knew it all already and not letting you drive the conversation at home so that I could learn more. I am sorry for not seeing the magnitude of your daily emotional load because I was too concerned with wanting you to ‘move on’ and be happier. I promise that from today on, I will listen. I will acknowledge my ignorance and racist and sexist biases. I will use my voice and privilege as a white man to stand up to injustice: injustice to you, injustice to our children, injustice to students… so that I may be part of the change academia so badly needs, and not part of the problem.Andreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15896868163445021099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post-12182284287411219712020-05-28T13:43:31.314-04:002020-05-28T13:43:31.314-04:00Swanne, Thank you for sharing your experience and ...Swanne, Thank you for sharing your experience and opening our eyes to a cruel reality. It is crazy how even in such diverse countries as the USA, race, gender, and nationality are factors that strongly determine the structure of educational, political, and scientific organisations. Human bias is terrifying, and more terrifying is learning that even new technologies such AI are learning so much from humans patterns that they are also becoming racist, sexist, and xenophobic. Hopefully, you experience will inspire more underrepresented scientist to flourish. <br />Best Jaime<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13275265518142526323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post-54514362659832799182020-05-28T03:16:45.413-04:002020-05-28T03:16:45.413-04:00Swanne, thanks for your courage to speak the truth...Swanne, thanks for your courage to speak the truth about your experience. This is non-trivial when one is not yet tenured. Feed your flame - your passion for science, for life and knowing it more completely! You are a special person who deserves to follow her passion, deserves to have a chance, to contribute, make new insights, synthesize in your own unique way.Margaret Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152045217947485837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4456348657596914237.post-31512337589320200602020-05-27T20:17:54.261-04:002020-05-27T20:17:54.261-04:00"Academia, let us band together to change the..."Academia, let us band together to change the cycle of this narrative and protect those around us that are most at risk; but, excuse me if I don’t hold my breath." Maybe a good thread for the blog would be a discussion of what exactly such needed measures would be, in this time of coronavirus. Double-blind peer review and grant review? Targeted funding opportunities? Other things? Have the things that make sense and are needed changed, because of COVID-19, or are they the same things academia has needed and largely failed to do for a long time now? I'd certainly be interested in reading a discussion of this from those who know more than me. :->Ben Hallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875404974157070805noreply@blogger.com