Magis

Just kidding; I'm in a very small cohort - and it's all women. So I did join an Ajah!

And the working in fields dominated by women continues. When I was a snotty-nosed twenty-year-old I might have hated that for me, but now? I kind of love it. Perhaps someday I'll find some sort of...middle way.

One of the presenters yesterday said something about how the field is so female dominated that it's something of the opposite of the conventional glass ceiling. He was a he, however, and in my personal experience in female-dominated fields the few men who are there, assuming they're not horribly incompetent, are treated as though they walk on water.

Dance? You can (or used to be able to) be horrible and you'll still get gigs and treated really well. I think that's shifting, but it's taken a long time. And also - the men need to be really horrible. Like, being in your 20s, and instructor, and sexting eighteen-year-olds to the dismay of their parents does not seem to be enough.

Early childhood? Not exactly the same, but, still, a lot of leeway.

Time to go get ready. We're learning more about the Jesuit mission today - which I'm surprisingly feeling connected to. Then volunteering at a food pantry. Which I'm always down for, but seldom initiate on my own. 

Maybe that's the word of the day. Initiation. Then tomorrow it'll be sustenance. Then persistence.