Great advice! I was relieved when they started letting students change the roster name on our internal software. I still say (cis-wise formal v nickname) “XXXX is my full government name on all official forms—and when my parents are mad—but I go by YYYY. What do you want me to call you?”
I’ve even seen academics make the mistake of thinking availability = instant broad adoption when we know that ALL consumer technology takes time to slowly become ubiquitous (if it does). That’s why we distinguish early adopters!
listing pronouns (and like, listing them normally she/her not in the she/her/hers annoying cis way) as a Hey I'm Cool kind of signifier is good. if you happen to do class introductions with pronouns, don't Oddly Stare at a trans student to other them or anything like that. keeping the door open too.
A friend’s wife was pregnant and as a good American she thought her research grant was cooked. But because it was German, they were like “Congratulations! Of course you have to delay your research. Here’s more money to travel with a baby.”
When I moved, everyone asked about the Derby. And what could I say beyond I lived a mile from the track, my bus went along the backside every day, and Derby is actually a month-long civic festival that fuckin rocks
When Biden’s initial statement didn’t clearly endorse I was like Oh No The Expected Bad Thing is Happening, but the second statement and the party falling in line made me deliriously happy
