These are my experiences in an academic environment (i.e., at university) for the past 10 years (i.e., the first 10 years since I've set foot in a university) of unconscious bias, micro-agressions, and just plain disturbing stuff. I deliberately filmed this video as I would have filmed a sketch video (with me dressing up), because I want to show the situations I've encountered and - to a very limited extent - my reaction / double takes to these situations, such that they may serve as the start of a discussion: Why did it make Iris feel uncomfortable? Why did she think twice after someone made this comment? Etc.

Let me know if I should do a follow-up video to provide a little more context (perhaps with a guest for nuance).

I'm terrified of uploading this (for a multitude of reasons), but I hope it might be interesting and maybe it can help start (or add to) a discussion.

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Secret paper: Brizzi et al., 2020 (JGR: Solid Earth): How sediment thickness influences subduction dynamics and seismicity https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018964

Want more of my amazing science? Or maybe silliness and jokes are more your thing? Check out these links: Personal webpage: https://irisvanzelst.github.io Twitter: https://twitter.com/iris_van_zelst EGU Geodynamics blog: https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd/ LinkedIn: https://ch.linkedin.com/in/iris-van-zelst-884a078a University of Leeds: https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/see/staff/9400/dr-iris-van-zelst