Alex

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they/he, il. Wikipedian and book reader, mostly. Localization and sociology enthusiast.

Musulmanes

Read Musulmanes: A quoi ressemblerait l’islam si toutes ces femmes musulmanes n’avaient pas été oubliées ? by Attika Trabelsi ( )

Malheureusement un livre qui rejoint la catégorie de « c’est bien et important que ça existe, mais surtout parce qu’il n’y a pas mieux pour l’instant ». Je me sens mal de dire ça parce que pour moi c’est vraiment un problème de forme : doubles espaces, ponctuation mal placée ou en double, bref, ça ferait du…

reply to sara on sponsoring women

Replied to Ali je slabo, da sem slaba v sponzoriranju ljudi? by https://sarajaksa.eu/2023/08/ali-je-slabo-da-sem-slaba-v-sponzoriranju-ljudi/Sara Jakša (sarajaksa.eu)

Pred kratkim sem ponovno prebrala članek What does sponsorship look like?. Govori predvsem v tem, kakšna je razlika med mentoriranjem in sponzoriranjem ljudi.
Sama pri sebi opazujem, da sem še vedno slaba v dejanskem sponzoriranjem ljudi. Ne vem zakaj, mogoče nisem pretirano dobra v tem, da prep…

In my opinion, being the only woman in your org and staying there and existing there and advocating for yourself is already a huge militant step. I also don’t think there is a responsibility for women to sponsor other women, specifically – anyone can and should sponsor women (and people of other minorities, of course).…

mandated return to office programmes suck (and we now have a study to prove it)

Liked We’re now finding out the damaging results of the mandated return to the office–and it’s worse than we thought by Gleb Tsipursky (Fortune)

Meanwhile, a staggering 76% of employees stand ready to jump ship if their companies decide to pull the plug on flexible work schedules, according to the Greenhouse report. Moreover, employees from historically underrepresented groups are 22% more likely to consider other options if flexibility comes to an end.

In today’s « research shows what everyone knows, but it’s nice to read it from a serious source », people don’t want to be forced back into offices, especially since we’re fully aware that it’s completely useless.