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3. “We’re fine with a one-bedroom. No one will visit us in Paris.”
4. “Our kids don’t need a yard in Kyoto. Fuck ’em.”
5. “Ideally, we’d like a galley kitchen with one outlet and a hot plate.”
6. “No pets in this Munich apartment? That’s cool. We’ll leave the family dog in Philly.”
7. “Just one sink in the primary bath, please. We prefer to share.”
8. “Our family of five can easily make do with a fridge that’s the same size as the one I had in my college dorm.”
9. “The third bedroom is a detached bungalow near the poolside bar? We’d totally trust our teenager back there.”
10. “I completely understand that American kitchens are oversized compared to kitchens in Barcelona—and everywhere else in the world—and I have adjusted my expectations accordingly.”
Misty Gamble, “Of Flesh and the Feminine” installation view at LHUCA.
I recall how, as a young girl visiting my relatives in Stamford, just north of Abilene, I was enthralled by my late grandmother’s collection of porcelain bud vases. These 1950s containers were formed as small bust sculptures of fashionable ladies, their updos crowned with fancy hats, the tops of which were open to allow for the placement of flowers. There, in that rose-colored and rarely used parlor, I would sit for long stretches, admiring shelves full of these beguiling figurines. Their faces were turned demurely away from mine, thickly-lashed eyes gazing downward or — more likely — closed altogether. They were to be seen and not heard, and certainly not touched: mute and immutable.
I could not help but think of those porcelain women-vessels as I moved through Misty Gamble’s Of Flesh and the Feminine,” currently on view (through October 28) in the Helen Devitt Jones Studio Gallery of Lubbock’s Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts. Gamble’s ceramic works are larger-than-life bust figures of women; their tresses are woven into elaborate coiffures, atop which sit great headdresses heaped — where flowers might otherwise have been — with ceramic chicken drumsticks, wings, feet, and also antlers.
Feeling like Alice in Wonderland after she consumed the contents of a “drink me” vial (or a piece of mushroom or teacake, depending on where we are in the story), it was as if I’d shrunk to find myself wandering among the cousins of my childhood bud vases. As with my grandma’s 1950s lady heads, Gamble’s women are decadent and likewise rendered sightless, blindfolded (and sometimes gagged) by their own tresses. The viewer is free to gaze at them without the discomfort of having them stare back (with the exception of one cheeky exposed eye in Russian Orloff, that is). The experience of treading among them is, nevertheless, eerie: despite their differences, these figures are unnerving in their similarities, their homogeneity. Whereas the 1950s versions would have been crowned by flowers/life, Gamble’s figures are capped with carcasses/death.
Misty Gamble, “Ayam Cemani,” on view at LHUCA
Gamble’s oeuvre, in general, encompasses themes of excess, consumerism, feminism/femininity, and indulgence. Of Flesh and the Feminine deals, specifically, with “the intersection of feminism and environmentalism and looks to the relationship between human animals and non-human animals.” Her theoretical framework is rooted in the ground-breaking but controversial 1990 book The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, by feminist-vegan activist Carol J. Adams. Central to Gamble’s series of works is Adam’s premise of the “absent referent.” Adams explains, “Behind every meal of meat is an absence: the death of the animal whose place the meat takes… The function of the absent referent is to keep our ‘meat’ from being seen as having been someone.” She equates this unanchoring of meat from its animal source to the objectification of women, as they are reduced to disembodied, free-floating fragments, ready for consumption.
Misty Gamble, “Blue Polish Frizzle Bantam,” on view at LHUCA
In Gamble’s exhibition, we are absorbed with abundance, easily connecting woman-meat-food examples from popular culture: Lady Gaga’s meat dress, Carmen Miranda’s 1940s cornucopia-headdresses filled with fruit, double-entendre food-based emojis, “cheesecake” calendar pinups, and even Margaret Atwood’s novel The Edible Woman. To remind us of what she sees as the parallels between violence against animals and against women, Gamble’s title for each work is a different breed of poultry. In keeping with her themes of consumerism and decadence, she represents, not surprisingly, rare and expensive varieties of chicken — those bred for their stunning physical features.
For example, the title of Ayam Cemani — which is given to a luxuriant jet-black figure whose head is loaded with faux hair braids, fake flowers, metal, and cast ceramic chicken parts — also references a rare variety of fowl hailing from Indonesia. This breed possesses a dominant gene that results in fibromelanosis, yielding a bird that is entirely black — feathers, beak, the inside of its mouth, comb, organs, and meat. According to Tasting Table, this chicken is a rare, much-prized one, the “Lamborghini of poultry.” It is a breed to which certain mystical properties are attached, including the restoration of male virility — it is simultaneously sexy and edible.
Misty Gamble, “Partridge Plymouth Rock,” on view at LHUCA
Many of the chicken varieties for which Gamble has named her works possess dramatic physical features related to their plumage, which may be likened to the figures’ elaborate hairdos. There is Partridge Plymouth Rock, known for its striking feather pattern; Mille Fleur (thousand flowers) Belgian d’Uccle, with its gorgeous plumage; and Polish Frizzle Bantam, whose fuzzy down overtakes and masks its eyes.
Misty Gamble, “Russian Orloff,” on view at LHUCA
There is also Russian Orloff, a tall chicken named in honor of the Russian statesman Count Orlov, and which is possessive of a strong stamina for withstanding harsh winters. Gamble’s sculpture by this name is a frigid gray woman with pompadoured hair that’s topped with a bounty of poultry parts and antlers. All of these are encircled by a gold-tasseled hat-basket, recollecting a kokoshnik, a traditional Russian headdress that designated social and marital status. It is no wonder, too, that this bonnet’s name comes from the old Slavic word kokosh, meaning “hen.”
Misty Gamble, “Mille Fleur Belgian d’Uccle,” on view at LHUCA
Gamble’s installation immerses the viewer in consumption. By conflating her female figures with disembodied poultry parts, she parallels the steps of removal that one must undertake to kill and eat an animal with those that society or an individual must adopt to commit violence against or to objectify women. In this way, her work functions as a visual manifesto of eco-feminism, one that insists that the viewer attend to how, what, and who we consume.
The first ever Mactoberfest Meetup was a success! Everybody seemed to have a great time, and there were no serious hiccups. In a hobby that tends to be pretty insular, it was nice to spend a day with other people who share the same enthusiasm for old Apple computer stuff.
A huge thank you to the many kind and generous people who helped with setup, and later with clean-up at end of the day. I was chatting with somebody and looked up to see an assembly line of people helping stack up tables and folding chairs, without any involvement from me. Thank you to the person who helped carry many loads of trash and paper recycling to the dumpster. And especially thank you to the person who volunteered to take ALL of the remaining e-waste to a disposal facility.
It seemed that we had exactly the right amount of space for computer displays, but I didn’t notice if some latecomers weren’t able to show all the computers they wanted to due to space limitations. Most people brought a couple of computers, but a few people had more like… 8?
About two-thirds of the computer displays were in one room, with the rest divided among two other rooms and two outdoor patios. The energy level in those other rooms seemed a bit lower, which was unfortunate but couldn’t really be helped given the venue layout. It was a very busy day.
The freebies section was well-stocked, and the for sale section filled 10 tables or more. At first it seemed that there were more sellers than buyers. Very few of my own items sold during the first couple of hours, but the pace eventually picked up. For me it was more important to clean out the closets than to make a lot of money, so at 3:00 pm I took all my remaining for sale items and moved them to the freebies table. I ended up giving away several hundred dollars worth of stuff, but it all went to people who were excited to get it, and I feel good about it (except for the video card that I sold and then realized I still needed).
The workshop / repair section wasn’t especially busy, and I’m not sure what happened to those 35 broken machines that were listed in the RSVPs. But there was a dedicated group of about 5 people at the workshop all day. One group tried valiantly to get a broken Lisa system running again, with some partial success. And I saw somebody new to the classic Mac hobby replace a Mac 512K’s analog board to get his one-and-only Mac working for the first time, and he was super excited.
My ATX to Mac 10-pin PSU adapter kits were not very popular… I think people didn’t realize they were out there. A few people assembled a kit, but most of them came home with me again.
We had no problems at all with fuses or the building power, except for one breaker that repeatedly tripped whenever my soldering iron was plugged in. We eventually traced this problem to a damaged extension cord.
The Tetris Max competition was won in dramatic fashion, with the high-scoring game coming in the final moments of the contest. The winning score was 18832 and the winner took home a Performa 460 system as his prize. I will admit the level of Tetris Max competition wasn’t quite up to the level that I’d hoped and most people who competed were spectacularly bad at the game! There were a shocking number of people who had never played tetris before. But it was all good fun.
The day was chock-full of interesting people and interesting stuff. We did get at least one of the original Macintosh developers in attendance. And the variety of computer displays was staggering. I regret that I didn’t have time to see everything or talk to everyone, but some of the highlights were:
a PC sidecar for compact Macs, with dual 5.25 inch drives
an enormous Daystar Genesis MP Quad-604e system
an extensive collection of Dog Cow items
a set of tiny displays with integrated microcontrollers that directly run After Dark screensaver code resources
an RP2040 digitizer-upscaler-VGA converter for compact Mac video output
a Mac SE logic board in a very nice custom display case, with modern power and video
Yamaha audio card for Apple II, and a custom-made stand alone audio synth
a newly-made Hypercard disk zine
a collection of Colby Macs
tons more stuff that I’m too tired to describe
A personal highlight for me was reconnecting with an old friend with whom I’d worked on a piece of commercial Mac software released way back in 1997. Here we are posing with a copy – still in the original shrink wrap!
Throughout Mactoberfest, what really struck me was how much the hobby of “Macintosh collecting” has changed since I first got involved about 12 years ago. Back then, it seemed that Macintosh collecting was just exactly that – collecting machines, fixing broken ones, and playing with software. But over the years collecting has merged with the DIY / maker community, so there’s now this explosion of NEW hardware and accessories for these old computers. A huge number of people at the Meetup were using modern gadgets, not just my Floppy Emu but also SCSI emulatiors, video digitizers, power supply replacements, CPU replacements, microcontrollers and Raspberry Pis spilling out of every open computer port. There are just so many exciting new hardware development projects going on.
The only part of Mactoberfest Meetup that wasn’t great was the hard split between interactive computer displays and the for-sale section of the meetup. This was forced by the building layout and the relative scarcity of electric outlets, because there simply wasn’t enough space adjacent to electricity for both at once. But it created a weird dynamic where the flea market had interested buyers who couldn’t easily find the sellers to ask questions or to buy stuff. I’m sure this led to fewer sales overall.
There was also a strange dichotomy between people who brought computers to show off and people who showed up empty-handed to look around. During the advance planning I sometimes felt like I had to twist people’s arms into agreeing to bring their computers, and most people would have preferred to simply look around, in which case we would have had 100 lookers and nothing to look at.
Overall it was a great day and there was lots of talk about “next year” and offers to help. I’ll take some time before giving any thought to what might happen in 2024, but it’s clear there’s plenty of local enthusiasm and interest for something like this to be a regular event. I’ve only been to one VCF show, so I’m not a great person to compare them, but I would say that Mactoberfest had a less organized, less formal vibe. It was just people hauling out whatever machines were in their closets to share their hobby with other folks, mess around, and have some fun.
So will there be a next year? Aside from the financial cost and all the work that went into planning, my biggest concern is liability. It’s nice to think that “everybody here is cool, nothing bad will happen” but that’s head-in-the-sand mentality. Imagine if somebody had fallen on the slippery steps while carrying in a heavy computer, or a miswired electrical outlet had fried somebody’s $10000 Lisa system, or somebody walked out the front door with a stolen computer that wasn’t noticed until later, or a kid burned himself with the soldering iron, or the hot air tool got knocked on the floor and set the drapes on fire. I wouldn’t want to lead Mactoberfest again by myself, but maybe we could put together a team of people to research insurance options and planning requirements, and make something happen next year.
Thank you to everyone who attended, it was great to meet you all!
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager.
It’s the Thursday “ask the readers” question. A reader writes:
I bombed an interview today. Like seriously bombed, worst interview of my life. My brain just turned off. Could you request stories of other humiliating interviews so I don’t feel so alone? I went straight home and got into bed and right now I am feeling like I might never come out. Commiseration might help.
Ask and you shall receive.
Three of my favorite mortifying interview moments that have been shared here over the years:
“I was interviewing for basically a dream job and was asked, ‘What accomplishment are you most proud of?’ I proceeded talked about how proud I was for maintaining a healthy long term relationship. The interviewers didn’t push back, but they did seem awkward. I obviously did not get the position.”
“Phone interview for a bank role. They asked about how I would handle confidential information. I gave examples of experience I had with HIPAA info and handling private information and then I blurted out, ‘But ya know, everyone gossips!’ I have no idea why I said that! I’m not a gossipy person! I think I was trying to say something funny or friendly or whatever to connect to the interviewer.”
“I once went to an interview where they asked for an example of a time I’d resolved conflict – and I responded with a terrible laugh and said, ‘Well, I’ve caused some trouble.’”
Readers, let’s hear about your own bombed interviews and other job search mortifications in the comments.
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager.
A reader writes:
I’m a senior level director with 25+ years of experience and two degrees. A colleague suggested I apply for an open position at a very prestigious organization so I did. When I started the process, I was excited, but by the time I was done, I was frustrated and uninterested in the job.
I thought I was submitting a resume, work samples, and a cover letter, per the ad. No. Once I got in, the automated process required a lot more information than advertised: new account creation, three essay responses that answered questions on DEI (the job isn’t about DEI), an essay answer for each work sample that described my contribution, three references, another essay on why I wanted to work there, and then a summary essay of how my current job relates to the advertised job description. Oh and the system required me to enter all my resume information individually in their system even though they had my resume. They wanted information on every job I’ve ever had, including phone numbers, supervisor contact info, mailing addresses, company websites, an explanation every time I check “do not contact my supervisor,” etc. (I’ve had six jobs, and I don’t know how many internships in my career. Almost all of my supervisors from decades ago aren’t around.)
Here’s what I ended up doing. I uploaded my cover letter, resume, and work samples. My work samples all had my name on them as the sole author so that was my explanation. (And I did do them all myself.) I only manually entered in job information for my current role. I declined to give three references at that time. For all the essay questions, I gave 1-2 sentence responses. For the essay on how my current job relates to the advertisement, I copied a bullet from my resume.
Had I known that system required all of this information, I never would have started the process. I’ve hired so many times before, and I know for a fact the hiring manager doesn’t have time to review 15+ pages of information from every applicant.
I understand I sound like a grumpy old person. In my younger days, I used to jump through ridiculous hoops because I didn’t have as much information to enter and I could set aside an hour or more to fill out applications and write essays. After a few years, I learned that’s a lot of work for minimal chances of getting interviewed, especially when I’d get rejected after a few minutes of applying. Plus the jobs I did get never required excessive information. I’m senior enough now that I don’t have to do that nonsense anymore. I can afford to decline cumbersome application processes when I couldn’t 20 years ago. I’m not desperate to leave my current job or buy food.
What say you? Was I a bit of a snob?
No.
This was excessive by any measure.
Initial application requirements should be, at maximum, a resume and cover letter. Maybe a very short (like one paragraph) answer to a question about something truly essential to the first screening (and even that’s not normally needed). That’s it.
Expecting candidates to write essays for a job they haven’t even passed an initial screening for yet is hugely disrespectful of applicants’ time. Statistically speaking, most of those applicants won’t even advance to an interview, so requiring them to invest time in essay-writing screams “we have zero care for your time at this stage and have given no real thought to what we actually need to initially narrow down the candidate pool.”
And that’s before we even get into their onerous electronic system (although unfortunately your experience there is pretty typical).
You were right to nope out of unreasonably burdensome requirements. I would have advised not bothering to apply at all, but it’ll be interesting to see if you get a response to the streamlined application you submitted instead. Not playing along might just get you instantly disqualified, but if you’re a strong candidate they might realize they want to talk to you anyway and don’t care that you declined to participate with the intensity they requested.
But it’s not grumpy, snobby, or entitled to want nothing to do with hiring processes that assume candidates should pour hours of time and effort into applications that they might never even hear back about.
This post was written by Alison Green and published on Ask a Manager.
It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go…
1. I sounded like a know-it-all in front of my boss
I started at a new company recently. When I started, I learned that a lot of my colleagues in the department worked together at a different company and all of them had known each other for quite some time, including my manager. They all use the phrase “internal customer,” which one of my colleagues confirmed they learned at the previous company. I understand the phrase but much prefer to use “internal stakeholder” as I was taught when completing my degree. When my colleagues or manager use the phrase, I never thought of telling them that I prefer to use a different phrase and just go along with it.
Recently I was on a call in our open plan office with an actual customer and when I dropped the call my one colleague, who is not customer-facing, said, “I wish you could talk to us like that.” (I always speak to my colleagues in a friendly and respectful manner but I do try and be a bit “nicer” when dealing with clients.) So I told him, “You never went for customer service training before because they teach you a ‘customer service voice.'” He said, “Yeah, but we are your internal customers.” In the heat of the moment, I busted out, “I studied business and I never heard of this internal customer thing.” He responded, “It’s time then for you to learn” and I said, “No, I am fine, thanks.”
My boss heard the whole conversation and I think I gave her the impression I’m the “kid who knows everything” since I am a lot younger than most of my colleagues. I also went to college, and the colleague I was speaking with and my boss did not. I would like to redeem the situation so that my boss does not think I have a sense of entitlement. I thought of waiting till she used the phrase “internal customer” again and generally asking her to explain it to me, so that she understands I am open to learning new things from her and respect the knowledge she has gathered in the industry through the years.
Whoa, there’s a lot here. First, “internal customer” is a normal and common phrase, and it’s strange to assume that it’s not just because you didn’t learn it in school. You’ll learn a ton on the job that school didn’t teach you, and if you go in with the attitude that school is the final word on things, you’re not going to learn things you need to know to succeed in your field and will also repeatedly look bad to others. Plus, different companies have different terms for things; that doesn’t make them wrong. It’s not something to dig your heels in over.
You’re overly focused on your own schooling and your colleagues’ lack of it. There are tons of jobs where degrees aren’t necessary to succeed (your boss is apparently an example of this). The best way to show your boss that you respect her and are open to learning new things is … to respect her and genuinely be open to learning new things, neither of which currently sound like you’re doing from your letter!
Don’t ask your boss to explain “internal customer” to you; that will come across oddly because it’s clear you’re already aware what it means. Just treat her and your coworkers with respect, stop putting so much value on school versus real-world experience, and assume people who have been working longer than you have probably have things to teach you.
2. Is there any point in seeking more lucrative offers if I don’t actually want to leave?
Back in 2020, you said: “You should never use an outside offer as a way to negotiate more money from your current job unless you’re 100% prepared to accept the other offer — because they may tell you to go ahead and take it.”
I’m a software engineer and am currently working in the first job in ages that I could see myself doing long term. This is, obviously, a great position to be in! However, there are lots of companies in my area hiring software engineers with my qualifications at significantly higher pay. These can be grouped loosely into VC-funded startups and tech behemoths, and for a variety of reasons I don’t really like the idea of working at either type of place. But I see the recruiter spam and LinkedIn listings and it makes me wonder whether I ought to give it a shot.
The thing is, I don’t think I can truthfully say I would be prepared to accept an offer to leave my current job. I like it here and I value quality of life immensely. The pay is more than enough for my lifestyle and I’m not all that frugal either. Do you think there is any point, then, in seeking more lucrative offers? My friends have suggested that I might be able to mention such an offer tactfully in a performance review, perhaps after rejecting it, in order to advocate for a raise. Honestly, that sounds to me like a huge risk and I would have no idea how to do it smoothly.
Part of me is inclined to think that trying to work an angle like that would end like a Greek tragedy where greed proves to be the hero’s fatal flaw — but the world doesn’t really work like that, does it?
When I talk about not using counteroffers unless you’re prepared to accept the other offer, that’s about going to your boss and saying you’ve received an offer that you plan to take unless they counter. There’s always a risk there that they’ll say, “We’ll be sorry to lose you but we can’t match that so you should take it.”
However, you can talk to your boss and say something more like, “I’m really happy here and want to stay for a long time. I’m being approached by recruiters offering $X-Y, and I want to be up-front with you that it’s tempting to talk with them when I hear numbers like that — but I really like working here and strongly prefer to stay where I am. Is there room to increase my salary to closer to market rate?”
3. I have a hard time with accents
I have a really hard time with accents. (Just, like, all of them, not any one in particular.) I have some auditory processing issues, which I think is part of it, but I can’t really say why it seems to be so bad compared to other people. I try not to ask people to repeat themselves unless it’s absolutely necessary, but it’s also obvious when I don’t really get what people are saying, or when it takes a long time for my brain to parse through the meaning of a sentence.
All of this makes me feel like a complete A-hole, especially in the workplace. As I move up in my career, I’m also starting to worry that it makes me come across as xenophobic or somehow intentionally antagonistic, like I’m feigning incomprehension to make a point. Is there a workplace-appropriate way to say “it’s not you, it’s just my brain” if I feel like my problem is becoming noticeable? Or should I just focus on, well, focusing in conversation and hope my colleagues know that it’s nothing personal?
How about: “I have some auditory processing issues so I might ask you to repeat yourself — apologies in advance.” You’re not obligated to share that, but people are less likely to be annoyed or read things into it that aren’t there if they have the same context you do.
4. I missed an email from a hiring manager and made a bad first impression
I was referred to the hiring manager of a different agency. The next day, my referrer forwarded me an email from the hiring manager which stated, “I am curious if [my name] is truly interested in this role. I emailed yesterday and have not heard back. Any advice?”
I check the spam folder; it was received 26 hours ago. I responded with an apology and explanation.
I have a phone interview next week, but I feel horrible about the bad first impression. I don’t check personal emails during work, and the job posting stated they review applicants next week. I worked late that day and arrived early the next to set up a work event at my current job and was not focused on checking for an email. Best way to move forward?
It’s not a big deal. It went to your spam folder, you explained that, done. And even with the spam snafu, it didn’t take all that long for you to respond; its not like you left them waiting for weeks.
It’s true that when you’re job searching it’s smart to check your spam folder regularly (that was the subject of my very first blog post here!). But for most people that will mean daily, not constantly. And again, this wasn’t a very long wait — we’re talking about just over a day. You could have been on vacation, sick, tied up with work, all sorts of things.
There’s nothing you need to do to move forward; you’ve already handled it and the hiring manager almost certainly isn’t dwelling on it. (If for some reason it turns out she is, that would be a red flag about her.)
When I was in the hospital, they gave me a big bracelet that said ALLERGY, but like. I’m allergic to bees. Were they going to prescribe me bees in there.
So there’s a medication called hyaluronidase. It’s used to make other medications absorb better, because it makes the cell wall more permeable.
One common usage is to make local anesthetic more effective during surgery, for instance. It’s used in a number of injected medications.
Bee stings contain an enzyme very similar to this medication, so sometimes, people with bee allergies have an allergic reaction to hyaluronidase.
This is called cross-reactivity, where your body mistakes something for the thing it’s actually allergic to, and has an allergic reaction anyway. For instance, sometimes people with latex allergies also are allergic to bananas and other fruits. They don’t actually contain latex, but there are some similar proteins.
Apparently, hyraluronidase used in humans is derived from one of four sources: sheep testicles, cow testicles, cow testicles again, and GMO hamster ovaries.
tl;dr: They won’t inject you with bees, but they might inject you with purified cow testicle juice, and your body might say ‘eh, cow balls are BASICALLY bees’ and try to kill you anyway.
i want you all to know that there is an artist (carmen papalia) who, after he started using a white cane, assembled a 12 foot long white cane and began using it in downtown vancouver. the length of the cane made it functionally useless as a device and the only purpose it served was making him an obstacle for sighted people. dare i say… 2019 goals
therapist to sighted patient: long cane isnt real and it cant hurt you
carmen papalia:
[id: a dimly lit photo of carmen papalia using his 12 foot “long cane” piece. he walks casually behind it. the cane takes up the majority of both the photograph and the sidewalk.]
Okay I went to a conference where this guy was a keynote and he’s so fucking cool. He’s done a ton of art around disability rights. The twelve-foot cane is really cool, but here are some of my other favourites:
From the series on replacing his cane, this is one where he replaced his cane with a megaphone and would stand at intersections repeating “I can’t see” until somebody would stop and help him cross the street
Another cane replacement, this time replacing it with a high school marching band who would change the music depending on if there was something in the way or not.
A museum intervention where he got people at the MET to go through the museum with their eyes closed and experiencing touching things he’d gotten permission to touch (the floor in this image) and just exploring a visual art museum blind.
The Blind Field Shuffle, in which he has dozens of people form a conga line behind him with their eyes closed and leads them on a blind tour of the city - literally the blind leading the blind.
Wish I could find a better photo, but this is a museum gallery he curated where the works are almost at floor height, making them accessible to children, little people, and people in wheelchairs, but requiring abled people to bend down or sit on the floor in order to see them properly.
In short, this man is amazing and I love his work.
id’s in order
[begin id 1 of 5: a photo of carmen papalia from the upper torso up holding a megafone to his face while walking on a sidewalk. He is at the forefront of the image in the camera’s left corner, and the megafone takes up a lot of the corner. behind his head stretches the sidewalk and road, with a fence and trees on the other side of the sidewalk on the camera’s right. he’s speaking through the megafone with a neutral expression. it has captions that read: “I can’t see you” four times. end id 1 of 5]
[begin id 2 of 5: a photo taken across the street from where carmen papalia is standing at a crosswalk and facing the camera with a marching band behind him. the marching band’s conductor has his back to the camera and is in the middle of conducting as some people watch from the camera’s right. end id 2/5]
[begin id 3/5: a photo of two people who are kneeling on the floor of a museum, one has straight mid length dark hair, the other has long hair tied back. The one with their hair tied back is guiding the other person’s hands along the floor, both look happy. there are museum goers in the background and to the camera’s right. end id 3/5]
[begin id 4/5: a photo taken of carmen papalia walking down a sidewalk towards the camera with his cane. he is leading a long group of people who have their eyes closed. half the line is approaching a turn in the sidewalk that the others have already taken. most of them look happy. Carmen and people close behind him have more neutral faces. there is an onlooker from the camera’s right who looks like an officer of some type, his expression is neutral. end id 4/5]
[begin id 5/5: a photo taken from a low pov of a museum display where all the images are close to the ground. Someone is standing close to the camera but facing away, i think it’s carmen papalia. there are a few people sitting on the floor looking at the artwork. end id 5/5]
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It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…
1. My coworker is being a jerk about my bereavement leave
A few weeks ago, on a Sunday, my beloved companion of many years, my dog, passed away. My company offers a two-day pet bereavement leave, and upon returning to work after this period, I encountered a challenging situation involving a colleague, Abby.
Upon my return, Abby remarked that I “didn’t appear sad enough,” a comment I found rather unsettling. Initially, I considered letting it slide as a one-time occurrence. However, Abby’s comments have persisted and escalated. It began with her suggesting, “It couldn’t have been a significant loss if you didn’t even post about it on social media,” and it evolved to her inquiring if I had “proof” of my dog’s passing and whether I took a photo of him during the burial.
I have already asked Abby to refrain from making these comments, but she appears resolute in her efforts to challenge my eligibility for taking the bereavement leave. It has now reached a point where I am scheduling my office visits based on Abby’s absence to avoid unwelcome encounters.
I am contemplating whether I should report this situation to our manager or the HR department. However, I am somewhat hesitant and concerned that it might be perceived as an overreaction on my part. Therefore, I would greatly appreciate your guidance on how to proceed.
What the hell?! What is wrong with Abby?! Can you imagine her making those comments about bereavement leave for a human? (Actually, unfortunately after years of writing this column, I can.) In any case, something is deeply wrong with Abby and she’s violently out of line.
If she makes another comment, say this: “I need you to stop talking about my dog and my bereavement leave. If you have issues with it, you should take it up with HR, not me. It’s not something I’m going to discuss with you further.”
You wouldn’t be at all out of line to mention this to your manager — as in, “Abby has made some bizarrely insensitive remarks to me about my bereavement leave and I don’t know what’s driving it, but I told her to take any issues she has with it to HR. I figured I should give you a heads-up in case she continues to make a big deal of it.” You don’t have to have that conversation with your boss if you’d rather not, but you wouldn’t be overreacting if you did. And if Abby continues after you clearly tell her to stop, you definitely should.
2. Shouldn’t my constantly coughing coworker close her office door?
A woman down the hall from my office has had a cough all week. I know because it’s extremely loud and constant and carries across the entire floor. She’s got her own office and when I walk past, she’s sitting in there alone with the door open. Am I justified in thinking she should at least close the door? I’m irritated by the noise and possible disease risk, though obviously I don’t know her health situation and it’s possible she’s not really sick — but it sure sounds like it! I’m not going to say anything, but I just want to know if this is poor office etiquette or if I need to shut up and be more empathetic.
Probably a bit of both.
Yes, ideally she’d close her door. She may know for sure that it’s not something contagious (although a lot of people think they’re “definitely not contagious” and then it later turns out they were), but the noise alone — and other people’s understandably heightened concerns about coughs since the pandemic — should prompt her to close the door.
Some people feel weird about closing their doors at work when they’re alone — like coworkers will assume they’re in there napping or watching movies all day or something — but even in offices without much of a closed-door culture, it’s generally fine to do when you have special circumstances like these.
3. I’m uneasy posting my current job on LinkedIn
I raised a family and started working again about seven years ago. I kept my LinkedIn profile updated with where I was working and my job titles. A little over a year ago, I started a new position with a new employer. I was about to update my LinkedIn profile again when I suddenly felt uncomfortable. I felt like I was publishing my personal address on the internet. Any stranger would know where I am located for 8-10 hours of my day. Also I’ve heard several stories where people get upset with you over something you did in your private life, and because they know or find out where you work, your employer finds out. And then you might get fired. I’m not the type of person who finds myself in compromising situations but the internet doesn’t wait for explanations!
My husband keeps urging me to update my profile with my new job. Are my fears reasonable? Or am I really shouting myself in the foot professionally by not listing my current position?
I think your fears are overblown (it wasn’t that long ago that everyone had phone books delivered to their doors with the home addresses of everyone in their state) but that’s about my comfort level, not yours. You get to decide what you’re comfortable with, and you don’t need to have LinkedIn at all if you’d rather not! (There are a small number of fields that are an exception to that, where you’re really expected to have it — like recruiting and some areas of media, for example — but you’d almost certainly know if you were in one of them.)
If it makes you uneasy, it’s okay to opt out or greatly limit what info you put on there. It means you’ll be removing LinkedIn as a place you might get recruited for future work, but that tends to only be a thing for people in certain types of fields anyway.
4. I desperately want to change jobs but I’m five months pregnant
I was laid off in January and took a job in a related field in March out of desperation. Being out of a paycheck scared me. Long story short, I am miserable. I’m not good at this job. I don’t like working directly with clients. I constantly feel defeated, and I’m having nightmares.
I would start looking for new opportunities, but I’m five months pregnant. I don’t know if it makes sense to stick it out for now and just try to make it to my maternity leave and look after, or if I should try job searching now when I’m definitely showing and may not get any leave at my new position. What do you think I should do? I’m very much panicking at this point. My confidence is shaken, and I feel so lost.
Start looking! Once you get to the offer stage for any new position, you can try to negotiate leave. Even though you won’t qualify for FMLA (which requires you to have worked there for a year first), people are often able to negotiate parental leave regardless. There’s no guarantee that you’ll definitely be able to, but it’s worth giving it a shot and seeing what happens — it might get you options that you don’t currently have. Once you see what they will or won’t agree to you, you can decide if it’s better than your current situation or not.
Also, job searches can take a while, and if you end up getting an offer close to the end of your pregnancy, you might be able to negotiate a start date for after your leave ends (whether or not that’s feasible depends on the type of work you do and how senior you are, but it’s a thing that can happen).
Plus, if you start actively searching now, you’ll probably feel less stuck than you do now.
5. Showing a company name change on my resume
I have been working for my current company since February. A few weeks ago the company, “Company A,” announced a rebranding and we are now under a different name, say “Company B.” On my resume, should I show my work experience as “Company B (formerly Company A)” or is there no real need to clarify and just list it as “Company B”? As Company A the company’s name was a widely known globally, whereas the new name will likely take some time to be recognized in the same way.
Technically you could do it either way, but since Company A’s name is more widely known, it makes sense to list it like this:
Company A (now operating as B)
If Company B’s name were better known, you could still do that or you could do it like this:
Company B (formerly A)
You could also do it that second way if the name change happened after you left but the new name had more cachet.
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Of course, I’m more excited than anybody to be going into our twentieth (!!!) season of sparks flying, parts exploding, and essentially no danger of the robots becoming fully self-aware and brutally murdering us all.
While, yes, given recent technological advancements, it’s somewhat logical to ponder how we—the premier robot fighting league in the world—might fend for ourselves when said robots have the ability to think and reflect on past trauma inflicted upon them.
That’s why I’m here as CEO of BattleBots to tell you directly and unequivocally: Don’t worry about it.
It’ll probably be fine.
If nothing else, take heart in the fact that I personally consulted numerous experts on the topic. I’m happy to report that almost none of those experts expected us to one day be lit aflame and/or brutally sawed in half by our own monstrous creations come to life.
In fact, the chances of one of these fighting machines gaining sentience and feeling emotions such as spite and desire for retribution is minuscule at best. For all we know, they could feel a sense of gratitude toward those who forced them to brutally and chaotically destroy one another for years on Spike TV—right?
Granted, the small risk we assume is nothing compared to the intense rush of Tombstone launching another powerless metal victim under the massive automatic mallet we installed that mashes away at its lifeless circuits.
This probably is a good time to bring this up. Do we all feel sold on the mallet being necessary? Maybe we could remove one or two of the buzzsaws that emerge from the ground? Of course, I’m not suggesting we make BattleBots any less violent, just to merely hedge our bets even like 10 percent.
To sum up, we’re almost definitely going to be completely fine—but also, you know, maybe keep a lookout. And please take to heart the words of my late father, Dr. Henry Battlebot, who once said, “These robots would definitely kill me if they had the chance.”
Hovertext: The real fantasy is clearly a VR suit with a food tube and a lack of perception that you're in the VR suit with a food tube.
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