#bc statistically this is insane

[thedreadvampy]

here is a situation I would like you to consider. Imagine a charity, right?

This charity has a staff of 207, of whom around 5-8 are people of colour

This charity works in poverty and homelessness reduction, an area which disproportionately affects Black people, Asian people, and non-EU migrants.

This charity operates in Scotland, a country which is considered extremely white with a population who identified as 96% white in the 2011 census

This charity operates in Edinburgh, a city with a population that's still pretty overwhelmingly white, with 91.7% identifying as some form of white in 2011 (5.5% Asian, 1.1% Black or African, 1.6% other/mixed) (the 2022 census numbers aren't out yet so this is real outdated)

The charity has an Inclusion and Diversity staff working group

Despite operating in a pretty white country, this charity is still managing to limbo under the line of 'less white than Scotland as a whole in 2011' by having a staff body which is under 4% people of colour, despite operating in the capital.

All staff of colour in the organisation are below junior management level

All but 2 people of colour in the staff team have, at some point, joined the staff working group then left. Several have mentioned feeling like they're being expected to take on extra diversity work because of their race, and one spoke to feeling like there was no room or interest in discussing racial equity.

There has never been any concerted data gathering or analysis on the racial picture of applications vs successful recruitments in the organisation

When asked, the general take from management is 'people of colour prefer to work for BAME organisations'

When asked about racial equity in recruitment, managers in the inclusion and diversity group repeatedly deflect to talking about reaching BAME client groups by co-working with BAME-focused community organisations.

When asked about putting budget underspend behind scoping the reasons for racial inequity in hiring and retention, managers in the (entirely white) I&D group said, and I quote, "obviously it's important but it's never come up as a priority and we don't need people to come in and tell us what we already know"

"ok what do we already know"

fucking nothing as it turns out because it's "never been a priority"

we don't even know if it's a recruitment or hiring issue

except I do

because I've talked to multiple people of colour who applied and went through the hiring process and were not hired

so people are fucking applying aren't they

anyway I had a very angering day yesterday, how are you all doing?

It's not, in fact, that "they don't want to work here for some reason"

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

my mom read one or two articles with supposed "statistics" that say sleeping in a bra or even just frequently wearing a bra causes breast cancer and like I cannot believe that she's fearmongering to me about "would you rather wear a bra to bed because 'it's so uncomfortable without it' and have to fight breast cancer, or would you rather get your priorities fixed?"

[narastories]

I know I've slowed down lately but I just want to say that even after so many Harry/Nic fics I still look at them and think "hm okay but I haven't written this hyperspecific scenario with these two yet or haven't explored that trope fully so I should do that sometime"

[astrxealis]

hi guys please wish me luck for my college entrance exam tomorrow for one of my dream schools xoxo

[nosygay]

oh you know how tinder doesn't let you send photos, I'm assuming because of the amount of unsolicited dick pic type things? I think WhatsApp should block links to articles. this is hate speech

[universalsatan]

Hey bestie, no need to answer this, but I saw u reblogged something from roach - works, and I just wanna let u know that she's a major terf

oh!!! thank you for this fr. i'm answering this bc i just wanna say that i don't have shinigami eyes and i'm on mobile most of the time, so these pointers are much appreciated <33

[solsempre]

lestappen 1-2 podium tomorrow do it for meeeee (girl who started watching f1 three months ago and hasnt seen a single lestappen podium in real time since then)

[lelianaslefthand]

just remembered when someone made a tiktok saying that everyone who thinks astarion didnt have white hair/light eyes before being turned was stupid and wrong and they used my pre-vampire astarion post as an example and kept it up behind them the entire time they explained (irrelevant) moon elf lore now im irritated about it again

[jarchivussy]

brb currently going insane over this art tutorial i found while rummaging thru pinterest for art refs that somehow implies fucking blackface is ok but stylization is not

[id: an image that shows different ways of drawing lips, with a check mark of a cross above them, to indicate right and wrong ways of drawing them. among the correct examples are lips drawn as a line, circled around with another solid line and filled in with a darker colour, very similar to how lips are drawn in blackface. among the incorrect examples are lips drawn simply and asymmetrically, with jagged lines and shapes. end id.]

[eepybeepygotosleepy]

Sometimes I just think.

It’s 1 in 6 women.

I know 6 women.

Do you know 6 women?

[daincrediblegg]

I am putting my input in where it probably isn't wanted sand saying

oOoOoOh you wanna work on chapter one of One Warm Line sooooooo bad! You wanna write alllll about Lady Terror and that old man! oOoOoOh!

First, Prisma my love I love you bitchie so much and of course I appreciate your input always...

BUT THATS THE BITCH OF IT!!! I'M WRITING ABOUT THEM EITHER WAY BUT WHICH CONTEXT??? am I feeling canon vibe? am I feeling vampie au vibe? am I feeling horny vibe??? I DUNNO!!!

[pendraegon]

im flying back home on wednesday and on one hand. elated to go back to the midwest. on the other hand. i fucking hate airplanes so fucking much 😐

[2006aquamarine]

These are the conclusions you reach when you get all of your politics from TikTok and haven’t touched a book in years

[tiercel]

W/ all the reactionary talk regarding trans peoples bodies and shit i would love to see repubs and tεrves reactions to all the fascinating body modifications that exist for aesthetic and fetish purposes

[elytrafemme]

ok i need to be very kind to myself and acknowledge that i had a good day regardless of how it ended but i did find out that my other best friend (no.4) is asking someone out meaning nearly every person i know is either at that stage or in a relationship and i’m wondering at what point do i start ramping up my insanity in hopes of finding any kind of love

[mallahanmoxie]

you know when you've been writing long enough that you have developed an eye for knowing exactly what's wrong with your work but not the skill to be able to fix it? That's me with my career atm