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Role Call: Real Women in Academia

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Bernadette is a Research Associate at the University of Southern Maine.

Role Call is a Petal + Sass blog section featuring interviews with professional young women occupying diverse careers- and their advice to teens.

Name: Bernadette Doykos

Age: 32.99 (might be 33 by the time this posts, who knows)

College & Major: Wesleyan University (CT), Sociology

Graduate School & Concentration: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Ed.M. in Risk & Prevention (now Prevention Science and Practice because no one understood what that meant and it was hard to get jobz)

Vanderbilt University, working on that PhD in Community Research and Action (working hard to only secure degrees with meaningless titles to anyone outside of our immediate field. CRUSHING IT)

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How To Apologize (And When You Shouldn’t)

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How To Apologize

A recent New York Times opinion piece raised an important question every woman should stop to consider: Why do I apologize, and do I apologize more just because I’m female?

“For so many women, myself included, apologies are inexorably linked with our conception of politeness,” shares NYT contributor Sloane Crosley after apologizing half a dozen times to a waiter for an unsavory dish she was served. “Somehow, as we grew into adults, ‘sorry’ became an entry point to basic affirmative sentences.”

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Love Letters: Body Image & ‘Puberty The Remix’

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Love Letters

‘Love Letters’ is a Petal + Sass blog feature that regularly asks a group of diverse women in their 20’s and 30’s about their experiences with health, sex, emotional wellness, body image, college, careers – and what they wish they had known themselves as teenagers. Visit the ‘Love Letters’ To My Former Self page to learn more about the contributors.

Question posed: How did you feel about your body as a teenager? How has your body changed over the last 10 years? Has your body perception changed as you got older?

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Volunteer Work: Personal Reward, Professional Boost

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The old adage goes, “there is no such thing as true altruism.” Whatever your thoughts are on this, when it comes to volunteer work, who cares why you’re doing it? Putting in any time and effort to help those in need or make the world a little more polished is the whole point and nothing but the point. Whether you are doing it to get into a good college or trying to casually impress your date, we’ll take it.

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CONSENT: Learn it, Live it, Love it, Love it, Love it.

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Do You Want To Have Sex.

Do You Want To Have Sex.

Is this ok?

Do you want this?

Does that feel good to you?

Should I keep going?

Should I stop?

What would you like me to do to you?

Do you want to have sex right now?

These are consent seeking phrases you should be exchanging with a partner when you are about to hook up, while you are hooking up, or when sexual intimacy is advancing to another level. You can never ask “too many times.” Being a conscientious or good lover entails more than just thinking you know when the time is right or where the g-spot’s hiding (hint: you didn’t leave it in the glove box). It involves listening to each other and respecting boundaries.

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Role Call: Real Women in Education

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Yom is a World History Teacher and Global Initiatives Director in NYC

Yom is a World History Teacher and Global Initiatives Director in NYC

Role Call is a Petal + Sass blog section featuring interviews with professional young women occupying diverse careers- and their advice to teens.

Name: Yom Odamtten Fox

Age: 32

College & major: Scripps College, B.A in Multicultural Studies with a concentration on Education (self -designed major)

Graduate school & Concentration: Teachers College, Columbia University, M.A in Teaching Social Studies, M.ed in Private School Leadership

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Role Call: Real Women in Public Health

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Gaia is Executive Director at Florida School of Traditional Midwifery.

Gaia is Executive Director at Florida School of Traditional Midwifery.

Role Call is a Petal + Sass blog section featuring interviews with professional young women who occupy diverse careers- and their advice to teens.

Name: Gaia Zori

Age: 31

College & Major: University of Florida, Health Science (Minor in Business Administration)

Graduate School & Concentration: SUNY Albany, Master of Public Health, Epidemiology and Social, Behavioral & Community Health

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