Maria Correia Davis

@mcd611.bsky.social

Scientist and educator. PostDoc investigating spaghetti proteins and reactions within. Enthusiast of microbes (al. B. (it) subtilily), intrinsic disorder and rheology of cats #IDRs #cats #EDI 🏳️‍🌈

"If you belong to a marginalized group, just work twice as hard 'cause it worked for me" amplifies the systemic issues which cause discrimination. Imagine someone has a migration background and a chronic illness, then the person just needs to work 4 times as hard? 4/7

Please don't deny the experience of discrimination or the fact that there are differences of people. I think if you do this, EDI topics are not for you. The differences are not imagined, they do exist. Denial and "you can do it mentality" are outdated ways of addressing these challenges. 3/7

This is Mrs. Florence Bell, the first nurse to go to the Royal Veterinary College of London. This is a cigarette card from my collection and in the info about her on the back it says “the more she sees of humans, the better she likes animals”. 1938.

Illustration of an older white lady in a white lab coat examining a grey shorthaired tabby cat on a white table. The background is kind of like halfway between beige and mustard yellow.

I'm wandering all over the place but - absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence. If we have reason to believe our behavior has caused or compounded harm, we should evaluate and address that. Otherwise—we do not have to process horror in public, and shouldn't demand that of others.