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Cake day: August 1st, 2023

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  • I will add my own story. Woman, in STEM, I mostly don’t care about what I wear, but sometimes I want to rock it just because. Put on make up, do my nails, wear a skirt. I kept that out of the office until I moved to a department with a flourishing gay community. If they can wear nail polish and skirts, so can I! I’m still usually the only woman in any given room, but maybe not the only one with fancy nails.

    As a counterpoint, for a while I was the fanciest dressing person of the department because none of my T-shirts had holes 😒 also got told, jokingly, to not overdo it the one time I wore a shirt.


  • Would you go in a field in which everyone wears short shorts and you get stared at if you don’t?

    Would you “not mind” if your company dress code (for a well paired white collar job) is pink shirt with orange blazer?

    Make it absurd and flip it to yourself. Suddenly, you want to wear “normal clothes” but you stick out like a sore thumb if you do. Would you feel comfortable? Day in, day out?