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Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work (HBR Work Smart Series)
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Authenticity, Identity, and Being Yourself at Work (HBR Work Smart Series)

by Harvard Business Review, Susan David, Talisa Lavarry, Lily Zheng, Melody Wilding
May 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
192 pages
2h 53m
English
Harvard Business Review Press
Audiobook available
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4 My Pronouns Are They/Them. What Are Yours?

An interview with Lily Zheng by Paige Cohen

Two years ago, I attended a Christmas party at my parents’ house in California. Picture a dimly lit room filled with candles, wine, cheery tunes, and garlands twinkling in the background. I was standing in the kitchen, picking cheese from a platter, when a relative resembling a Disney villain pronounced that I looked more masculine than she remembered. She sipped her drink and cocked her head to the side, taking in my buzzed hair, green vest, and slacks.

“You were a very feminine child,” she said. “You wore little bows and dresses.” She reached her manicured claw toward my plate and snatched a chunk of cheddar.

It had been a long time since I lacked ...

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