Women, moms, women of color — talk to me. How are we doing with networking, championing our work, taking on “high visibility” opportunities, consistently shipping excellent work, building a second income stream, establishing a personal brand, navigating layoffs, advocating for promotions & raises in this weird economy?

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#womenshistorymonth

Having flashbacks to newsroom layoffs I narrowly avoided, not once, but TWICE after being bought by a large media conglomerate 🫠

The second time, I was literally laid off — packed up my stuff in a cardboard box, accepted the thoughtful goodbye cards and left the office “for good” on a Friday.

My editor in chief called me up and offered me a *different job at the same newsroom — and I sheepishly walked back into the newsroom that Monday with the most emotionally disorienting embarrassment 😅

Some of these job descriptions I see floating around read like senior/director level stuff, but are paying mid-level/specialist salaries from 2020(??)

Is this what it means to recession? 😩💸

Me: this is such a ripoff, $20 for a flimsy burrito and small horchata??

Also me: here’s a 25% tip and 5 star google review. Support local businesses ✊🏼

Listening to Maria Ressa on Colbert talk about how disinformation spread on Facebook empowered authoritarianism in the Philippines + thinking of the current mess of Elon’s Twitter has reminded me how badly we need legislators who understand modern social media to hold the Zuckerbergs and Musks of the world accountable.

#twittermigration #mariaressa