Two years ago I read an essay on @zora called “When Black Women Go From Office Pet to Office Threat” and it changed my life. You know when you’ve been feeling ill but you don’t know exactly what it is? And then a good, patient doctor finally diagnoses you and breaks down what’s going on with your body? I felt that same relief when I finally got the language to explain what I’d been experiencing for years at a previous job. It validated everything I felt and observed but couldn’t quite put into words. Going from the office pet to the office threat is a common experience for Black professionals and it shows up in so many ways. I’ve had my own experiences with it, some quite traumatic, and this is how I navigated it when I realized what was happening 💕.