by Theresa M. Robinson | Aug 11, 2022 | Anti-Racism, Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Leadership, Posts, Well-Being, Well-Being |
A Black DEI consultant, white female DEI consultant, Black midwife, and white male ob-gyn all walk into a bar…. It’s reminiscent of the opening for one of the most “classic” well-known joke types. Only this time we instinctively know it...
by Theresa M. Robinson | Jun 30, 2022 | Anti-Racism, Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Leadership, Posts, Well-Being, Well-Being |
Sunday, June 26, was just like any other day in the life of a Black woman’s DMs and inmails, aka additional spaces on the platform where we typically receive racist and bigoted vitriol, ad hominem attacks, sleazy pick-up lines, etc. On this particular Sunday, as is...
by Theresa M. Robinson | Jun 23, 2022 | Anti-Racism, Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Leadership, Posts, Well-Being, Well-Being |
“You have great energy. But you don’t look like a ‘Theresa.’” That’s how I was greeted by one of the male leaders after I delivered a workshop for a group of oil & gas leaders. Ah. The name game again. Not my first rodeo with this nonsense. Okay, I’ll play...
by Theresa M. Robinson | May 12, 2022 | Anti-Racism, Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Leadership, Posts, Well-Being |
This is what “it” sounds like…. “Congratulations! We want you to give the presentation at this year’s industry-wide conference.” “We’d like to get a photo of you and a quote to include in our recruiting brochure.” “You’ve been selected as a feature...
by Theresa M. Robinson | May 5, 2022 | Anti-Racism, Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Leadership, Posts, Well-Being |
He directed only one word at me, and I lost it. And it wasn’t because I had noticed him staring at me the whole time. After the n* word, the b* word, and the c* word, this one really gets under my skin. “Smile.” When a single word is followed by a period, it’s a...
by Theresa M. Robinson | Mar 9, 2021 | Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity |
Remember the movie Get Out? Remember that foul character named Rose? Remember all the “secret ops Karening” she committed? What happens when you strip away the “explicit love relationship” but leave the modus operandi the same? You have a Karen that...
by Theresa M. Robinson | Mar 8, 2021 | Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Leadership |
In time for International Women’s Day, this song and its lyrics contain a message for this moment. The opening alone is EVERYTHANG and has the power to eclipse the “original intent” of the song. I’m every woman, it’s all in me Anything you want done, baby I’ll do it...
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by Theresa M. Robinson | Mar 5, 2021 | Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Posts |
What. The. Actual. Fuck. Is. Wrong. With. Texas?!? Exhale. There. I had to get that out the way. Now, how to even begin to reasonably analyze and assess this newest dumbfuckery that a Texas teacher decided to roll out during Women’s History Month. The timing is such a...
by Theresa M. Robinson | Mar 4, 2021 | Anti-Racism, Articles, Diversity & Inclusion, Diversity & Inclusion, Gender Equity, Gender Equity, Leadership, Posts, Well-Being |
Black Let’s continue our conversation from yesterday with an explicit contrast between what cis hetero male centered self-advocacy is and what Black woman centered self-advocacy is. “Traditional” Self-advocacy. The perpetuation of white dominance via speaking up and...
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