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foxgirlmoth · 2 years ago

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My alarms were ringing while watching *that* Amy Cuddy video during a class today and I gotta say I might be fully right thinking that. Quick searches show she was taking a stance with someone claiming being trans is harmful (not surprising when a chunk of the talk is saying that Testosterone makes you aggressive/more forward, a major talking point people try to use against trans women and poc and also calling it the dominant hormone) and also someone mimicked her experiment with a lot more people and it seems that power poses didn't do anything. It also seemed like she was trying to evoke some inspiration porn (while talking about IQ, another thing I'm always wary about) and made no mention of what helped her get through college and saying it was just power poses. Did you get help going through college??? You're still a white cishet woman like. I can 100% seeing you having no problems paying for school and not having to work during that education. People doing these kinds of things recognize that privilege exists please.

#Not to mention all the ways being neurodiverse can change so so much about how people feel and express themselves #Sorry I don't like having my chest splayed out a lot it also makes my chronic pain worse!! Thats why I slouch a little so the weight is #off of my chest and not stabbing into my inflammation.#There are so many factors and it feels like her experiment was with like. 10 people. 9 of which were white :/#And most likely attending harvard or whatever school she said she went to.#The other person that she was defending herself with apparently was writing a piece on how like.#Being transracial and being transgender is the same thing which like.#I think you can kinda see why. That isn't great #Tuvel I think was the other person's name.#And apparently a ton of queer people and poc were very very angry about all this when it first came out #with both of the two #Ranting about class stuff dw about me.#I know this is like. A first year communications class and maybe I'm looking at things too deep but like. Damn #Also I'm not trying to downplay the fact she apparently lost some knowledge from being in a car accident. that sucks. Trauma is never good.

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