Apr 27, 2019
Back in September, I did a thread on Twitter that a lot of people found helpful about how to start conversations. It was prompted by a couple of senior female academics having been mistaken for gue…
Very important, very helpful. I have two quotes that sum up the extent and limits of the advice:
This advice promises: No need to guess. No awkward silences. No faux pas.
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I’m not necessarily going to promise you’ll have FUN or even that you will have great conversations, just that it will reduce awkward offensiveness.
