{"id":122768,"date":"2015-12-16T08:35:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T08:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/"},"modified":"2018-09-04T08:26:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T08:26:17","slug":"suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-122768 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/attachment\/122769\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o1_640-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o1_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o1_640-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/attachment\/122770\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o2_640-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o2_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o2_640-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/attachment\/122771\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o3_640-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o3_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o3_640-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/attachment\/122772\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o4_640-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o4_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o4_640-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/attachment\/122773\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o5_640-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o5_640-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o5_640-300x297.png 300w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o5_640-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tumblr_nz4h5pG2cn1t1brz9o5_640.png 624w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/suzeart.tumblr.com\/post\/135258148491\" target=\"_blank\">suzeart<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/robothugscomic.tumblr.com\/post\/134921704852\" target=\"_blank\">robothugscomic<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robot-hugs.com\/workplace\" target=\"_blank\">New comic! (link to comic)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In all of my workspaces I have been gendered as a woman, and all of these things have happened to me. . I find the more \u2018technical\u2019 or corporate the teams are, the more likely that the responsibility of \u2018non essential labour\u2019 in the office falls on women and femmefolk (my current office is actually very good in this respect, which is really refreshing).<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this phenomenon,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metafilter.com\/151267\/Wheres-My-Cut-On-Unpaid-Emotional-Labor\" target=\"_blank\"> read through this excellent metafilter thread on emotional labour. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>What is this comic about? Well, generally things like keeping the office tidy day to day, setting up for and cleaning up after meetings, organizing gifts and social events, fundraising, congratulations and condolences \u2018from the office\u2019, and administrative work like minutes-taking\u2026 pretty much everything that is \u2018volunteer\u2019 is likely to fall to women.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes when people argue that this work is non-essential, and that women only do it because they want to do it (and that, by extension, these just aren\u2019t things that men care about). The thing is, community building is essential work. People who talk about having great work environments talk about things like hanging out with colleagues after work, having summer sport leagues, lottery groups, that time everyone pitched in vacation time during a family illness, that gift card that appeared on your desk on your birthday\u2026that\u2019s all stuff someone thinks about and plans and organizes, and it\u2019s non-billable work, so they often do it for free, and that person is more often than not a woman. And that\u2019s important, vital work, it makes people feel like they can come to work every day and at least not hate it all the time.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s completely devalued labour, and it falls in the laps of women to maintain. Sometimes guys think they\u2019re participating by having the idea of the work: \u201cJim\u2019s mother passed away &#8211; maybe we should get a card to pass around for him\u201d &#8211; but the idea is as far as that participation goes. The organizing and execution of that \u2018nice idea\u2019 falls on someone else entirely. <\/p>\n<p>Stuff like this totally undercuts women at work. For example, any time it\u2019s assumed that I\u2019ll take meeting minutes, my ability to participate fully in that meeting is compromised because I\u2019m taking notes instead of concentrating on my own contributions. <\/p>\n<p>And not doing this work has consequences too. There was a workspace where I was totally watching this happen, so I resolved to act like the men on my team did. I left rooms when they left them (in the condition they left them in), I used the kitchen in the same way, I left my desk in the same condition, but guess who got called out on failing to contribute to the office environment? It wasn\u2019t the guys.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re a guytype and you want to be a good ally in your worplace, be the person who volunteers. I mean it. Look around, see who\u2019s doing the work that isn\u2019t in their job descriptions, and pitch in. Take notes, buy cards, organize drinks, and for goodness sake, tidy the kitchen. \u00a0And it\u2019s ok if this social stuff really isn\u2019t important to you, but don\u2019t you dare be the person who says that it\u2019s not important work, and then feels slighted when no one remembers their birthday. <\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re already doing this, awesome. Keep up the good work. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a guytype and you want to be a good ally in your workplace, be the person who volunteers. I mean it. Look around, see who\u2019s doing the work that isn\u2019t in their job descriptions, and pitch in. Take notes, buy cards, organize drinks, and for goodness sake, tidy the kitchen.\u00a0\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Important!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>suzeart: robothugscomic: New comic! (link to comic) In all of my workspaces I have been gendered as a woman, and all of these things have happened to me. . I find the more \u2018technical\u2019 or corporate the teams are, the more likely that the responsibility of \u2018non essential labour\u2019 in the office falls on women &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/12\/16\/suzeart-robothugscomic-new-comic-link-to\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[41,208,4,14649],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122774,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122768\/revisions\/122774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}